chunkyed Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 I went out pigeon decoying on sunday and thought to myself that a pigeon magnet would be a good idea. With me being a studant and having no money i thought i would hav ago at making one haha. I spoke to my college teacher today who is to a bit of shooting and he said he made one himself but it didnt work. He said that the only windscreen wiper motors that would work are off VW's and off a ford transit. Is this true or could you use any old wiper motor? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSA-airgunner Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 there is some truth in that .. you need a motor that will give you a circular motion and not a side to side as some of the motors have a gear box on to convert circular to side to side....here is mine i made last year but i cant remember the car i got the motor from http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/ind...l=pigeon+magnet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeymagic1969 Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Ford fiesta wiper will work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chunkyed Posted March 16, 2010 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 Thanks for that mate, Yours looks very well made Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
activeviii Posted March 16, 2010 Report Share Posted March 16, 2010 You can use the window motor out of a mk3 ford escort as well. just make sure you take the plate and the gear cog as well. you can use the cog to weld to so no messing with that. metal window lintel cut down worked for me. i have 3 differant ones here i made nd that all worked but there to heavy, because of this i went and bought a pinewood and used the arms off the old magnet to make bouncers. Phil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky-shot Posted March 17, 2010 Report Share Posted March 17, 2010 there is some truth in that .. you need a motor that will give you a circular motion and not a side to side as some of the motors have a gear box on to convert circular to side to side....here is mine i made last year but i cant remember the car i got the motor from http://forums.pigeonwatch.co.uk/forums/ind...l=pigeon+magnet it was a fiat uno mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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