Quote Originally Posted by jdurand View Post
I've noticed some of those wiper motors have pretty decent torque and run around 45 RPM max. I was thinking of using one for a power hacksaw, seems like I could get a fair amount of blade travel while having enough torque to pull the blade.

I'd never thought of using those before a few days ago.
I've been using these mothers for different applications for over a decade,
the beefier one cranks out up to 60 Nm starting torque, and gives app 190 rpm @40 VDC:

Very powerful gearbox from wiper motor.

Cheers
Johan