Wrap motor question

yahosh said:
Thanks for the link, Dick. I just ordered one of these. Looks like it should do the trick.
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Well, at least two posts while I was typing mine - but that motor that you linked to, Yahosh, will work perfectly for me. I did not see it when I perused the Surplus site.

Thanks to you and all the others for your suggestions and help, even though it is not my thread.

AZB is always a great place to hang out and get help.

Gary
 
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BBQ Rotisserie

I'm also going to go over to Walmart and check out the BBQ rotisserie motors. They may spin too slow and it looks like most of them have a square hole for the spit to insert into, so that will take a little engineering for my setup, but it's a possibility.

I have been finishing my cues with the cue coat and using a BBQ rotisserie motor. It works really good and the epoxy really levels out nice. It is slower than the recomended 50RPM but I don't know if it's bad. I did try using my Deluxe headstock set up with the DC motor turned all the way down and that was NOT a good idea. It spins just slow enough that it doesn't throw the epoxy off yet it is fast enough that the epoxy doesn't level out.
 
One important thing with epoxy, besides the rpm's is the temp that it is in. An enclosed box can be heated easily with light bulbs, etc. and that will help with the flowing of it, and cure time. Most epoxies work very well around 85 degrees. Another thing is to heat the resin and hardener to about 85 before mixing, it loosens it up and also releases any moisture and air bubbles, all of which helps it to flow more evenly while slowly rotating.
I tend to use 25 rpm on my booth, but can switch it to 50 rpm with flipping a switch, the nice part of a 2 speed windshield wiper motor.....
Dave
 
So I got the motor the other day. I took the wrap motor off my deluxe and bolted this one in its place. I really don't do a lot of wraps, so I don't mind switching back and forth until I build my booth. I made a pulley out of cocobolo. Seems to work fine. The motor came mounted to a very nice aluminum bracket, so it was easy to bolt right on. One thing I noticed- the motor spins at 50 rpm, but the pulley/belt setup further changes the ratio, so the lathe actually spins closer to 25 rpm. Overall, I am very pleased. Thanks for all the help.

Josh
 
I have an old sewing machine motor with pedal attached to my lathe and I have wrapped a couple of hundred cues with it. And, it was old when I got it 10 or 12 years ago. But, that is just about all I use it for.
 
I like Dave's idea of the windshield wiper motor. I like the dual speed.

Here is one with a similar concept. Just ditch that Drive Wheel. Runs at 45 RPMs on 24v and 22.5 RPMs on 12 volts. Its also reversible.

http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp

Search for Item 5-1660

Then you can use one of these to power it. Since it has so many adapters, it shouldn't be too hard to find something broken you can rip the female power out of.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Universal-L...&otn=3&po=LVI&ps=63&clkid=7277257090296750227
 
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Hi,

I have been doing wraps for 9 years and was very good at powering on a string without a foot pedal. Set the DC Motor Speed flip a switch and go. I could get to the end without screwing up every time and felt good about the job I was getting. I had the perfect speed setting.

Then about six months ago, my good friend and Cue Maker, Todd Schaller was at my shop and he put on a wrap on one of his cues using no power at all, just hand turning the cue.

After seeing that only one time, I stopped using the power and went to hand rendering the linen. It only takes about 5 minutes and IMHO you get a much better job.

Try it you may be surprised like I was.

Rick G
 
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