Thanks, NoTime, for the input, but...
I'm embarrassed to say I'm an engineering idiot, and I'm a little lost by 500 g-cm...not to mention Solenoid (although I have seen that word in my handy dandy Mini Electronics catalog). I will immediately google that term and be better prepared when I next...
I'm taking over for Bob because I'm making the art.
This is the "Wife", and I thought I'd better take over to explain this sculpture that needs this little motor. I know I can't get a direct pendulum movement from a rotary shaft...but I can attach a circular plate with protruding "pins" that...
My sculptor wife has asked me to develop an electrical system for a kinetic sculpture that creates a 30 RPM movement at a whisper quiet level and yet fits into the palm of a hand. I'm looking at a 17mm diameter x 55 mm long mini-gearhead motor listed at "352:1 ratio that runs at 24 RPM @ 12 Vdc...