Low Speed Torque Motor

[EagleCrag 0]

Hello all. I am new to this board and am looking at building a tool to rotate my streamers and flies that have an epoxy head or coating so that it is smooth and even. I'm not sure what they are called but I don't care to spend a lot of money on one so am looking to make my own. I've been told that a low speed torque motor is what I need and can be had pretty cheap, but I don't know where to find one. I did a search on google for it and the ones I was seeing are not what I'm looking for. Anyone know where you can buy them? I was thinking hobby shops but I live in a fairly rural area and there aren't any nearby. Any advice would be appreciated.

[SilverCreek 0]

http://www.flytyingforum.com/index.php?showtopic=62044

[terrymiller1973 0]

the easiest source is a barbecue rotisserie motor.

[EagleCrag 0]

Thank you. Plenty of ideas on that link.

[Boron11mx 0]

Have seen someone use one of these rotating lights to make a fly drier.

[Peterjay 0]

Mudhole sells a 9 rpm motor for around $14 that should be plenty good enough for small-scale work.

[gpd4 0]

I use a BBQ rotisserie motor. I cut the square shaft off pretty short and use the 'meat fork' it comes with. I had a stack of styrofoam sheets glued together and then made it round. That held up for almost a year. I just recently found foam cylinders - apparently some new exercise rage - anyway, I found a cheap one (6" dia x 36" long) I cut off about 6" of it and i figure I'll get about a year out of each chunk I cut off...

[Phish 0]

I use a HVAC damper control unit for one of mine and it runs 2.5 rpm which I found is perfect. Anything over 5 rpm is to fast to allow the epoxy to smooth out the bubbles that sometimes happens.

My other turning motor I used a lawn ornament motor it run about 6rpm and I use it for paint on poppers.

[flysmallie 0]

I'm a rotisserie guy too. I've used lots of other motors but they always burn out from use. The rotisserie just keeps going. I've plut flys on it at night and forgot about them till the next day. No problem it just keeps on spinning.

[troutguy 0]

A little soldering and electrical skill will help you add a poteniometer from Radio Shack or online to make the speed variable.

[petelangevin 0]

A microwave carousel motor turns at 6 rpm. I just gutted one out and am waiting to build another dryer. My first was made from a 33 rpm paint tint mixer that i used a speed controller to slow down to the range i wanted.

[Crackaig 0]

A motor from a microwave is what I'd go for. They are not usually the part that breaks down so you can get them when someone is throwing an old microwave out. I have one lying around here somewhere. I tend to pick them up whenever I see them. I'd like a couple to make a feeder for a hot wire foam cutter.

Cheers,

C.

[Capt Bob LeMay 0]

Like many I use a rotisserie motor (or rod drying motor) for my flies that have a heavy finish (FlexCoat) on them. Unlike many mine is actually part of my rodbuilding bench (I started building rods long before I took up fly tying). In those days most of what we needed wasn't commercially available so it was all DIY stuff. With lots of old rod blanks around it was an easy step to make drying sticks to accomodate 2 to 4 dozen flies at a time (FlexCoat needs to rotate for two hours then cure for a total of 24 hours) doing commercial production. Each stick has a cork ring mounted 6" apart and the turning motor is on a timer so that I can finish as many as 12 dozen or more flies per day if needed. Here's some pics... by the way I've always thought that ordinary "pool noodles" that kids use in swimming pools (4 to 5" diameter foam) would make great mounting wheels if cut up into sections for guys only doing a few flies at a time....

 

Tight lines

Bob LeMay

(954) 435-5666

[ditz2 0]

I too used the motor out of a microwave. If you do be sure to get the axle attachment that connecs the motor shaft to the turntable.

[oarfish 0]

I used the motor from an aluminum Christmas tree rotating color light, 4 rpm works great.