vwfence
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Post by vwfence on Jul 5, 2023 14:33:17 GMT -5
For a couple months i have been putting together parts and pieces for a sphere machine and i am getting close to finished so i was going to post some pictures as it is coming out rather nice , but i havent figured out loading pictures here so it isnt going to happen . If anyone has facebook and wants to see i have it posted there or if you message me an email address i will send them .
it is made from aluminum and has variable speed motors
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khara
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by khara on Jul 5, 2023 18:02:07 GMT -5
Do you tend to use a computer or phone? There are some really easy instructions on here somewhere for the cloudinary upload on a PC, I would need to go search for them. And then I’ve discovered that if you are on a phone, down at the bottom you can choose “desktop” version and when you make a post there is a cloudinary upload button that allows you to access your phone photos. I go back to mobile version for easier visibility when I’m done uploading my pics.
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vwfence
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Post by vwfence on Jul 5, 2023 18:45:28 GMT -5
computer
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khara
fully equipped rock polisher
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Post by khara on Jul 5, 2023 22:42:47 GMT -5
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Post by Rockoonz on Jul 6, 2023 1:19:43 GMT -5
Who are you on FB?
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vwfence
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Post by vwfence on Jul 7, 2023 0:30:24 GMT -5
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Post by Rockoonz on Jul 7, 2023 1:04:54 GMT -5
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Post by Rockoonz on Jul 7, 2023 1:07:14 GMT -5
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callmerob
starting to spend too much on rocks
I really like a dirt road
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Post by callmerob on Jul 18, 2023 20:06:22 GMT -5
Wow nice extrusion and aluminum weldments. Looks very robust. Please tell us about the motors and controllers. Please tell us a story. There's gotta be a story.  |
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vwfence
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Post by vwfence on Jul 23, 2023 11:45:39 GMT -5
I am sorry for the lack of updates , but the first motors were too slow and the new ones just came in yesterday . than also it have been 110 or over here for the last 10 days or so . the shop is roughly 125 .
Call me Rob , i am not sure what you want for a story and im no writer but if you ask questions i will do my best to answer. Wayne
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vwfence
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Post by vwfence on Jul 23, 2023 11:48:10 GMT -5
There have been a lot of changes since the first 2 drawings i did , but even with the mistakes ect , i think it will come in at under 600 dollars
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Post by DirtCleaner on Jul 24, 2023 9:33:51 GMT -5
I have some aluminum track and have bee thinking about doing something similar but a bit different than you did. I like your build. If you wouldn't mind sharing what the motors are and where you got them. If they work out.
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vwfence
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Post by vwfence on Jul 24, 2023 14:05:42 GMT -5
I just made a test run a bit ago and it works but i need to do a lot of adjusting . If all goes well i will get some pictures tomorrow
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vwfence
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Post by vwfence on Jul 24, 2023 14:25:16 GMT -5
This is the motor and speed control i am useing AC Gear Motor Electric+ Variable Speed Reduction Controller 135RPM Torque 1:10!
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New on Ebay
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vwfence
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Post by vwfence on Aug 8, 2023 9:59:38 GMT -5
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Post by Mel on Aug 23, 2023 12:49:31 GMT -5
OK this is making me want to get a sphere machine even more. I'm no mechanic but I'm married to an incredibly handy guy.
Where did you source all the parts from? What are you going to use to do the grinding? What's the biggest size sphere you'll be able to make?
I talked to a semi-local guy awhile back and he says he buys diamond embedded rods and welds them onto cups to do the cutting, but I thought there was a place on line that sold diamond edged cups in varying diameters to use for grinding spheres. I tried following some of the supply links from the other homemade sphere machine post but the links didn't work.
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