I was talking about a drying motor.
Artie Herbert says he uses a 90 RPM motor for drying. I've seen some of his work and his finishes are impressive. Sure I'm copying him but if it works for him, why the heck not?
I figure a 90 might be too much for a novice so a 40 would be good enough for me. I also figured since I might wind up building my own lathe, the heights of the storebought motors might not correspond with my personal preference for the height of lathe. I like a lot of the designs of the cheaper lathes but most of them are only 7 feet or so. Not long enough for 9 and 10 foot rods I want. And, with all the tension the V-Cuts are going to cause, it might slow the motor down a tad. I'm going to put felt in there but it's still friction. I have to check out the workload versus free running RPMs.
I was looking at AllElectronics.com and they have motors for a lot less than the premade gizmos you get from the rod building specific sites. I'm not sure but I think the American system out door wires run on DC and then when it gets inside, it converts it to AC which is much safer. I believe that's how it works. I'm not too sure. I guess that means you need to use an AC motor then? I emailed the guys at AllElectronics as well to get their take on it.
I figure I'll just make 5 or 6 supports out of wood. Then on one, I'll counter sink a bolt through the bottom, put a wing nut on top and use that as a thread tension device. Then just using a carpet tack or screw eye on a sliding dato for a thread positioner. Then I'll make another support for the drying motor and just put it on a bracket. The whole thing will probably run under 30 bucks. All it's gonna be is a few pieces of wood, some l-brackets to keep the uprights square, two bolts, two nuts. A few screws to hold the l-brackets and that's about it.
I tried the coathanger thing and it didn't work too well. The worst was when my mom went to hang up her clothes!
