brybry
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Post by brybry on Mar 15, 2022 11:19:06 GMT -5
Wasn't able to fine tune it the way I wanted. 2 Sous Chefs quit last night so it was built with as little to be done as possible since I got called in cover shifts. 5/8" rods covered in rubber hose to bring it around 7/8". 1/10hp blower motor 1 1/2" pulley on the motor 5.45" pulley on the drive rod Motor was spinning 3 15lb barrels. The 2 black barrels are around 27lbs each, the other barrel was filled with just rocks, around 17-20lb range.   |
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Post by Rockoonz on Mar 15, 2022 11:45:06 GMT -5
You have some skills, sir.
2 suggestions, as time and materials allow.
Larger drive pulleys give more contact surface at the drive motor, less slippage and longer belt life. As much as possible I never use pulleys under 3 inches.
Also, with heavy barrels I put a set of equal size pulleys on the south end of the base to drive both rollers.
The pallet board base is perfect, plenty strong and easy to move.
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Post by Rockoonz on Mar 15, 2022 11:48:57 GMT -5
Perfect motor too. I have a lot of trouble finding fractional motors below quarter HP, and hate to consume electricity I don't need to do the job.
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Post by brybry on Mar 15, 2022 12:01:38 GMT -5
I never thought of slippage at the motor pulley. I'm getting a little bounce on the rods. From outside mounting flange to outside mounting flange is 11 1/2". Thinking of bringing it in to 11". My 6lb and 9lb barrels fit but fall in between the rollers just enough to touch the polish the boards.
The motor runs HOT! Got a small fan on it. The motor is almost as old as I am but hasn't been used in 33 +/- years. Hot dust has a certain flavor,lol.
Using it now to identify things that could be tightened up to make it better. Hoping moving the rods closer will alleviate some of the bounce. Will probably add something to support the center of the rods from the bottom.
Thank you for the input! Much appreciated.
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Post by HankRocks on Mar 15, 2022 12:41:34 GMT -5
Very nice setup, how much did the truck cost you're mounting it on!!!  |
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Post by brybry on Mar 15, 2022 12:50:16 GMT -5
The truck mount was $18,000 lol, the pallet & motor was free, $125ish for everything else.
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Post by jasoninsd on Mar 15, 2022 20:05:18 GMT -5
That is going to give you some SERIOUS tumbling ability! Fantastic "redneck engineering"!  |
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Post by brybry on Mar 15, 2022 23:55:24 GMT -5
Thanks, I haven't even started tinkering with it yet. Trying to keep from over doing it but got a couple things I do want to improve on.
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Post by liveoak on Mar 16, 2022 6:06:45 GMT -5
Hey & it's on wheels so you can take it everywhere you go . So do you have a generator in the truck or an inverter ?? |
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Post by brybry on Mar 16, 2022 9:48:58 GMT -5
Lol
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