Don't want to beat the finish horse to death but here goes.....

I have been using an 18 rpm drier but have recently acquired a 4 rpm set-up.
Does anyone use one this slow? What's your opinion of it?

I know everyone dries differently but I am just curious what y'all are using for speed.

I plan to try it and will form my own opinion, just wonderin'.

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Super Tight Lines......Don

when doing one rod on a single dryer I stick with the 18rpm but I have a multi drum dryer that uses a 10rpm gear motor that with pulley sizing I have over sped to about 30rpm and a heavy duty speed control switch to slow to the speed I want. The reason is with small diameter rods I can run it faster (about 20rpm) and with larger rods run slower (about 12 rpm) to avoid sling. I think it will depend on what rods you build mostly.

I use 3rpm and 4 rpm microwave motors all the time.

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"Angling is extremely time consuming.
That's sort of the whole point." - Thomas McGuane

Hi Don,
10rpm works good for me. Might be an idea to do a bit of testing before using it on a rod.

ESFNEM Col
Port Kembla, NSW
Australia

I use a 7 rpm motor and works fine. All you need is something to keep blank turning so finish doesn't puddle. 3-4 rpm would work very well.

Bruce

I have found that for long term drying that speeds of 3-8 rpm are right most of the time.

I have in times passed used speeds up to 25 or so rpm and have found that I get a bit of slinging or gathering of the epoxy in the center of the wrap forming foot balls of finish.
After I reduced the drying speed to under 15 rpm, the slinging issues and foot ball formation disappeared.

REW



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 07/13/2012 11:10AM by roger wilson.

I agree with Roger that under 10 rpms seem to give me the best results. When I use higher speeds I tend to get more "footballs". You only need to turn the blank fast enough to keep your finish from sagging and forming a "belly". Too much speed and cintrifugal force comes into play and will also cause the "belly" effect.

Chuck Mills Wrote:
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> I use 3rpm and 4 rpm microwave motors all the
> time.


here goes a STUPID question.......

I have several microwave turntable motors, most of them are 24 volt........how can I use them with 120v?
I would assume that if I "just wired them up and plugged them in" they would burn up very quickly. Would I be corect in that?

thanks

tom

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tom in indy