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Location: Central WI | Hey guys,
I know that this has been talked about before, but wondering what everyone was using for drying rack motors. I've been using a regular grill rotisserie motor and seems to do the trick, but it has a lot of "play" in it and you really have to balance out your lures to make it run smooth. I just have foam blocks placed on the square shaft (that the motor came with) that I stick dowels in with the baits attached and I'm also trying to get something that will hold walk the dog lures as well. Something that will hold both ends of the lure, rather than just a dowel coming out of one end. Is there a better motor I should be using or a complete different setup?
Any help or ideas would be appreciated!!
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Location: Des Moines IA | Kingfisher has the best set up I have ever seen! Jeremy and I destroyed a rotisserie motor in no time. I think the best way is to run an industrial size electric motor on an adjustable speed switch. Hopefully Kingfisher will see this and post some pics, if not search this forum for drying rack, or Kingfisher posts and you will see them. Amazing to say the least. |
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| I just built this one, the cost was $58 and some scrap wood.
it works very well.
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Location: Central WI | Yeah, I seen Kingfishers when I did a search. That looks like a great setup! My motor is squealing and groaning pretty bad too and hopefully it doesn't die in the middle of a batch of baits!!! Guess it was made for cornish hens and not full size turkeys!!! LOL
I have a friend who owns a fitness store in town and he gets old treadmills from people all the time and just junks them. Thinking of taking a motor out and using that as it already has a speed dial and all the necessary parts. Just wanted to see what has been working for others.
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Location: Central WI | This is the setup I'm using now. You can't see the motor, but it is almost identical what MUSKYFIX is using other than I'm using foam right now.
Chris
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Location: Norway | I use a discoball motor  3,8 rpm's. Dont know if you can get them over there...
The metal frame was my old dryingrack, until I found some spindles for electrical cables. The wheel is offcourse heavier, both due to the extra wood and it holds twice as many baits as before. So I am a little worried for the motor at full load...
Michael
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| im using a 1/2 horse drill thats 40 years old. . we put a dimmer switch to reduce the speed. works great and has major torque. we turn 30 baits at a time. |
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| I use an industrial motor that I picked up off ebay. Its main use is rotisserie bbq. The one I have can rotisserie a full sized cow.
I can turn over 200 lures with no problem. |
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| Hey Weirdthumbs!!!
When are some of those nice looking gliders coming to USA for an extended vacation?
I still use a grill rotissere motor, but I found some bigger square stock that I had a friend weld on to the original size so it's longer and can handle more lures. For problems with vibration while the motor is turning, I have a coffee can sized tin almost full of lead trimming that I put on top of the motor to hold it in place. That got rid of all of the roughness during rotation.
It's cool to see all of the different ideas that are out there. That is what makes us guys in the "basement" so cool. 
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Location: Norway | Beav, when the batch from the CNC movie is done, I will ship some over.
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| Mine is really high tech... I am utilizing an 18V variable speed DC motor with forward and reverse direction capabilities. Some precision applied masking tape and a bent up coat hangar finish the job...
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Location: Grafton, WI | I use a 4 rpm heavy duty motor I found on ebay a while back. Works great for me. Here's my setup.... It's a bit hard to tell how the lures connect on the one side (I don't have any lures without hooks at the moment)... Made with skateboard bearings and odd gears found on ebay as well.
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Location: syracuse indiana | lets see some more dryers guys .. im tring to comeup with one so i can coat my own...bill
also are most of you guys using envirotec or 2 ton epoxy |
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| I use 2T thinned with a small amount of acetone.
Need to find a new Devcon source though. Walmart dropped them and they are selling LocTite which is nowhere near as good a lure coat as 2T. |
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Location: syracuse indiana | how much acetone do you add to it...bill |
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Location: syracuse indiana | and do you pour it on or brush .. not sure ive poured it on before...bill |
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Location: Grafton, WI | I use Envirotex, and brush it on as mine are spinning. I've tried dipping and pouring, but the brush works best for my setup. |
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| archerynut36 - 4/7/2009 6:49 PM how much acetone do you add to it...bill I use somewhere between 1/3 and 1/2 of a tube in the bottom of a beer or pop can, mix thorougly, then add approximetely 5 ml of acetone and mix again. While the lure turns, I stop the drill chuck and apply with a small brush until evenly coated. With sparing use of a heat gun (and I do mean sparing), give the lure a quick once over to eliminate bubbles and help level the epoxy. If you desire a second coat, best time to apply is before the first coat cures, maybe 20 min after the firsts application that way the two layers bond together as one. Using 2T is a little tricky and takes some getting used to. Need to have everything set to go before you mix. The work time is probably less than 5 minutes before it gets too thick to apply evenly. You really need to use restraint on use of heat gun to avoid heating up the wood and causing air to bubble from the wood grain to the epoxy. |
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| Check out Abatron.com
They have epoxies in a tube if you like that, but you can also buy stuff in larger quantities.
Everything for the wood worker at that site. I use their Liquid Wood to seal,(it also restores structural strength, which is a giant plus when using cedar) Epatron 5 to fill weight holes and their Wood-Epox also.
Check out the site, you won't be disappointed. Their tech people are available for phone help too. Great place to do business with.
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| Tons of products on that site. Very interesting. Is the Albaglass the one to do top coats? Also, I like to pre coat the bare wood with a layer of epoxy to bond into the wood grain and protect the wood from water penetration, not sure which product would be best for that. Thanks, Pete |
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| I bought a motor out of the Granger catlog that has a gear reducer built in, it turns 7 RPM's and has no play. My rack holds 200 lures. EX74 is great epoxy. |
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Location: syracuse indiana | hey tony can you post a pic of your dryer man i would like to see that...bill |
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| Bill,
Send me your e-mail, i'm having a hard time posting a picture.
[email protected] |
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Location: syracuse indiana | well this is the dryer i came up with works great almost like the other one i had.. bill
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Location: syracuse indiana | alos yate you can still find the devcon 2t at ace hardware along with envirotec lite.. i use both but i think the 2 ton is easier to work with.. but i do use them both...bill |
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Location: Hastings, mn, 55033 | Some Ace hardware stores carry D2T, most dont though. I've been having a heck of a time finding it lately, seems a lot of places are going to the loctite brand.
Has anyone found a source for good FRESH D2T off the net? I hate getting the packs were the one side is already yellowing, makes light colored lures like pearl white look terrible. |
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| I get the 2 ton at harbor freight. |
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Location: syracuse indiana | check there website.. you can get it in bulk at many different places...bill
http://devcon.com/products/products.cfm?familyID=179 |
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Location: Germany | Hello,
here is the German way of drying. I build it up with 4 DC gear motors (12 to 18 V DC). You can find it on ebay or in shops for radio controlled models. In the photograph each DC motor has an own adjustable PWM speed control. A cheaper version is to use an adjustable voltage regulator, it works also fine. The photos show the first version. Today I use the second cheaper version with the voltage regulators.
Tight Lines, Dietmar
Edited by dietmar 4/26/2009 4:14 AM
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| Now that is high tech! Puts my Ryobi design to shame |
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