Yankee:
You didn't say what your application is but stepper motors excel in low speed applications. Unlike a brushed DC motor they develop their highest torque at the lowest speed.
Sure enough??! Well, that might be exactly what I need then. Tell me, would SparkFun's stepper motor:
work to open a drawer in this setting:
If I put a small rubber wheel on it (say, 1-1/12") and mounted it under the drawer. The drawer would be the equivilent in weight of a silverware drawer or something, with new, quality drawer glides. Right now I can slide it open and closed with 1 finger. So I would be able to accurately open the drawer 8" without having to have some kind of limit switches?
This would be great.