I just came on to a rotisserie motor off a BBQ grill. It turns 6 rpm. Will make a tough drier motor if I can figure out how to attach a chuck. It has a square hole for the shaft. Has anyone made a drier using one of these , and how did you couple a chuck to it ? I have a PVC chuck with the nylon screws and the coupler if I can figure out how to hitch them together.
Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

J.B.Hunt
Bowling Green, KY

Sounds like my very first rod drier. Here's what I did:

I used a hole saw and cut a 1 1/2" diameter piece of 3/4" thick hardwood. I'm sure pine would work well too.
Then I drilled a hole in the center of that round "puck" that went about 2/3 of the way through. The hole was just a tiny bit smaller than shaft size of the motor. With a minimum amount of filing I was able to achieve a tight fit of the shaft into the wood.
Then I simply epoxied the PVC chuck to the un-drilled side of the wood, and then epoxied the motor shaft into the hole on the other side of the assembly.
Maybe not elegant, but it turned and dried over 300 rods before I got a "better" one.

Thanks Gary; I understand very well how you did that, good description. This thing has a square female socket in it , no shaft sticking out.
Somehow I must use a piece of key stock for a shaft.

J.B.Hunt
Bowling Green, KY

I managed by using a socket from a tool set of the appropriate size,epoxied into a PVC cap as well as the shaft. Square key stock will work just as well. If not better. :o)
Chuck

I just trimmed down a larger (1/2") Dowel to fit clean and Epoxy

I just trimmed down a larger (1/2") Dowel to fit clean and Epoxy

I have been using one of these for 25 yrs. I didn't have a chuck so I made one from the PVC cap from a 2 inch water pipe. I have a 3 inch square piece of steel stock that mates to my motor, I simply bored out the cap to fit it and epoxyed it in place. I lined it with water pipe insulating foam and added 4 screws around the outside. I use rubber band on the heads of the screws to hold a rod handle in place. I have 2 newer driers but I stil occasionally use this old standby.

have you ever heard of rube goldberg? this is how i did it with his help.i took a small plastic water bottle. i cut a hole in the bottom, split the top with four cuts about an inch long. used a piece of keystock about 2" long putting it into one end of an 1/4"extension. put a socket on the other end that matched the head of the bolt i attached to the hole of the plastic bottle with washers and nuts of both side of the bottle bottom. find a small hose clamp and tighten it up as needed to secure your rod into the slit end of the bottle. it did work fine. care need to be taken to ensure rod is close enough to level so that it will not work loose. i believe i had the blank slightly elevated from the motor. using water bottles, you can accommodate most sizes of handles and butt caps. hope this helps.

I have been using the same for more years than I can remember I just got a peice of square stock that fit the motor. I cut threads on one end and bolted a 2 in pvc cap to it and threaded three thumb screws thru the cap for a chuck and it has been working well.

I found a great deal on a 5rpm electric motor that is used for a Disco balls.
Here is a link to the motor [Chauvet Mirror Ball Motor].
They work great for $10!

Tight wraps!

PS.. it's prewired for a 110 outlet.

I have a couple I built on disco ball motors for marblizing (1 & 3 rpm), output shaft even sliped into coupling for a spare Pac Bay chuck. As the previous poster suggested, thet are cheap. Try Amazon.com if you're stuck for a supplier.

I used a 1 1/4" PVC cap threaded onto a 1 1/2" PVC reducer. I drilled a hole in the cap and glued in a 5/16" dowel. Tapped holes in the reducer for set screws. The 5/16" dowel fits snugly in the square hole of the rotisserie motor with no need for glue. Might need to be shimmed eventually, but it's held up for a dozen rods so far.

Thanks Guys. I thought if I could get this thing rigged properly I could dry 3 or 4 rods at a time If I wanted, It's powerful enough.
I will filter through all these ideas and see what I can come up with.
And I may have found a piece of square stock that will fit the motor.

J.B.Hunt
Bowling Green, KY