Any one have the pictures of their home mande rod drying set up?

Trying to find a simple one that uses a BBW pit motor.

Thanks

James,

Click on this link to see the 3 speed home made Rod Dryer. I built these units about 4 years ago. I am currently building very similar units, but using a much larger, single speed 20 rpm motor.

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John

James. I made a multiple drying setup using an 8 foot length of conduit, an 8foot long six inch wide board and two 10 inch round discs. Start with square pieces for the discs, scribe a round circle on each, and drill 8 1/2 inch holes equally spaced on the line on one disk , and 11/2 inch holes on the line on the other. Then cut out the discs on the line. This leaves a half round hole around the disk, one for the handle end and the smaller size for the tip end. Cut two six inch pieces 12 inches long for the two ends of the 8 ft. board. I then bought 2 3/4 inch bearings at the hardware store to mount the piece of conduit . Drill a hole in each 12 inch piece about one inch down from the top to mount the bearings. Put a piece of 3/4 inch dowell in each end of the conduit to fit the bearing and mount the end pieces to the eight foot board.screwing from the bottom. Buy one conduit connector for 3/4 inch conduit and cut it in half. Drill a one inch hole in the center of each round disk and pound in the 1/2 piece of conduit. Slide the round discs on the conduit and tighten the screws in the connector to keep the discs where you want them. Mine are about 4 feet apart, and about eight inches from the power end. I power my drier with a rotisserie motor, and it has lasted about 10 years. You will have to figure out how to mount whatever motor you use on your drier. Incedently I use ruber bands to hold the rods on the disks.I hope this is something you can use. It'll cost about 35.oo to build. Best regards, Gene PS this drier will hold 8 rods at a time (I imagine you already figured that out!) I don't know how to post a picture!

Anyone else used a BBQ motor?

Thanks,

Jim

I have two dryers usig BBQ motors both use wood dowels for shafts with PVC end caps for chucks