The idea of a curved threaded rod was someone else’s idea and generally the web design uses gears - I decided to try a toothed belt and a chinese DC motor and gate hinge.
I have since found another guy used the same motor and several used gate hinges. For motor voltage adjustment originally, I was planning on using a raspberry pi pico but then I stumbled on a usb thing called a “buck boost voltage adjuster” which is plug and play so eliminated some faff as I can use my phone battery bank.
Male Tegenaria (might be T. parietina instead of the more usual T. domestica, looking at quite how long-legged he is) looking for some hot’n’steamy action with a Fat Lady -