Hi, Hello to all,
New member here and noob in the world of microcontrollers. My wife just purchased a beginner Pottery Wheel. Good news is that it's powered with a decent 450W brushless motor that runs very quietly and all that power is in fact delivered to the wheel head. The bad news is that the included foot pedal speed control is crap. Inside the plasticky two part foot pedal I found only one rotary potentiometer in total. That would be acceptable for a discounted beginner tool if it does the job. Problem is that. almost 90% of the speed of the wheel is attained by the first 10% of the rotary pot rotation. That makes the pottery wheel unusable.
Is it possible to replace the existing rotary potentiometer ( B4.7K - WTH118-2W ) to a better suited item to be able to distribute the speed selection across a much wider range?
New member here and noob in the world of microcontrollers. My wife just purchased a beginner Pottery Wheel. Good news is that it's powered with a decent 450W brushless motor that runs very quietly and all that power is in fact delivered to the wheel head. The bad news is that the included foot pedal speed control is crap. Inside the plasticky two part foot pedal I found only one rotary potentiometer in total. That would be acceptable for a discounted beginner tool if it does the job. Problem is that. almost 90% of the speed of the wheel is attained by the first 10% of the rotary pot rotation. That makes the pottery wheel unusable.
Is it possible to replace the existing rotary potentiometer ( B4.7K - WTH118-2W ) to a better suited item to be able to distribute the speed selection across a much wider range?