Fairground Carousel Project
Project Started 10th July 2008. NOW SOLD
Experimental Fairground Carousel
With Built in "Real" Pipe Organ**************************
With not much to do one day, I was looking for another project, which was Pipe Organ related. So , I had a look on the internet for some likely item,and found that a Fairground type Carousel caught my eye.
I then trawled the net for how to build one, but could find no specific details of how these Carousels worked.I decided to figure it out myself.
Well , I thought it could'nt be to difficult !! , How wrong I was.
The first thing to do was think about the drive system and how to get the drive to operate the actual rotation and the "Ups & downs" for the horses etc.
I made 4 horses and a basic structure, the picture shows how far I have progressed.
The little 25 note pipe organ will fit on the central plinth along with a small integral Blower & power supply.
I'll keep on adding text & photos as I carry on the building.
This will eventually be for sale on eBay,when it's finished, I will leave it "unpainted" so the Buyer can paint it to his/her taste.
Your comments and / or Help would be appreciated, especially the different ways these are driven.
Please e-mail me at [] if you have any advice you think I would find useful.
Carousel - Basic idea
These are the Horses, cut out of M.D.F.
BELOW -----Main carousel drive unit, fitted on top of windchest.
19 wooden & 6 metal Organ pipes.
Fitted to a removable base.
This is screwed to the windchest top.
The power supply for the chest magnets, blower & 32 note midi decoder, will be fitted next to the Blower feed pipe.
18th July 2008 ( below ) IT WORKS !!
http://smallpipeorgans.com/MUSIC/cara%20video%20001.AVI
Click here to dowload a video file of this Carousel.
It's for sale on eBay (19th July 2008)
Or contact me onif you want to see it.
octagonal windchest with small blower fitted into soundproof box.
Drive unit will drive a central drive tube,to be fixed at the top to the rotating frame.
Below is the underside of the chest,fitted with 25 "Chest Magnets".
Also shown is the Blower connecting pipe.