Refurbishing Rods

[tincatinca]

With the boss on grand daughter duties, an ideal opportunity to have a day in the shed. Tested the motor and everything working ok although I need a 240v to 6 volt wall adapter with a 300 ma output to get the speed right so that has been ordered. I played around with with a circuit board and potentiometer which gave a variable speed capability but as I only want the motor for drying I decided to go with a dedicated power supply. With the motor being ok I have now made a mount for it and also a simple 3 screw chuck.A little bit of fettling is still required to get the heights right but that is simply achieved by shortening the two columns under the adjustable rollers which is basically a five minute job in the lathe. With a two piece 12 foot rod it will require an external stand so I will make another small base for one of the stands. Once that has been done it will be all systems go to get some varnish on the rods before whipping the rings on.

 

 

 

 

[Phone]

tinca,

 

I must say - you have a lovely shed.

 

Phone

[chesters1]

its a palace ,sheds contain things that stop you seeing the floor! ,in mine if you pick a tool 3 others fall down!

[tincatinca]

Having played about with different configurations, I decided that the best way to use the rod building bench was to mount the motor on its own stand so having finally received all the power supply and electronic components required to make up a control box which incorporates a combined stop start and motor direction switch along with speed control, I spent a bit of time at the weekend making a few bits then assembling it all together. Testing showed that the motor speed can be fully controlled from about 2rpm to a lot more than you would ever need. By mounting the motor separately it has made everything a lot more versatile so I think am now just about ready to start with the re building side of things.

 

 

 

 

 

[Sportsman]

I am lost in admration.