5 fish on Posted November 11, 2004 Report Share Posted November 11, 2004 I have an old can opener that I started to fiddle with trying to make it into a drying wheel . I tried to put a dimmer switch on it but no matter how low I turned it I still got 46 rpms . I could hear a difference in the sound it made with the dimmer on low but no change in rpms. Can this be don or am I wasting time . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cullin8s Posted November 11, 2004 Report Share Posted November 11, 2004 that would sling the epoxy all over the wall hehehe. I'm not sure how you could fix it, i was lucky and had an old rotiserie to tear up for my motor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coley Posted November 11, 2004 Report Share Posted November 11, 2004 If you can put a pulley on the can opener drive, you can use it to run your dryer. I don't know if the gears will hold up to run it as long as you need to. A 1/2" dia pulley on the can opener, and a 3 1/2" pulley on your dryer will give the dryer a speed of 6 1/2 rpm. Use this formuls to calculate speeds of other pulley combinations. Speed of drive pulley X Diameter of drive pulley ----------------------------------------------------------- Diameter of driven pulley Coley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
northrivergeek Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 I found a paint stirring motor at a junk shop , they had several , aprox 40 rpm, but was 4 bucks, and figured they were made to take abuse, gonna try the bigger pulley to reduce rpm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toddo1513 Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 As for the dimmer switch, it wont work. AC motors don't like low voltage. Cutting the voltage with a dimmer will just make the motor get hotter and hotter until it burns up. Oh, and the speed wont change. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRYCE Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 I went to my local thrift store and bought a microwave that had a turn table. It was ten bucks. Its only a four rpm motor but it works well for me. I just took the motor out spliced a plug end to the motor contacts and I got a ten dollar drying wheel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaime Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 5fish, save yourself lots of headaches and get yourself a rotisserie motor on ebay! they work great and are inexpensive. http://cgi.ebay.com/FARBERWARE-ROTISSERIE-GRILLE-MOTOR-MODEL-435-400-SERIES_W0QQitemZ4427160641QQcategoryZ20675QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaime Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 5fish, save yourself lots of headaches and get yourself a rotisserie motor on ebay! they work great and are inexpensive. http://cgi.ebay.com/FARBERWARE-ROTISSERIE-GRILLE-MOTOR-MODEL-435-400-SERIES_W0QQitemZ4427160641QQcategoryZ20675QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coley Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 You can get one at Lowes for $20 Coley Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossy maker Posted December 20, 2005 Report Share Posted December 20, 2005 I also used a paint machine motor. I used a vacuum cleaner belt on the motor and an empty fishing line spool as a pulley on the other end attached to my dryer. It geared me down perfect. The lip on the line spool keeps the belt in place. I have many hours on my drier and have not had any problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
