Fly dryer (turner)

[Sentience]

I own a few of these and am always floored by their price. I figue that a motor for these things has to cost 5 dollars somewhere. I just don't know where. Winter is a good time to try to build one of these.

Does anyone have any ideas where I might buy one. I talked to a friend who is into the hobby shop thing and he says that they sell motors for that much but the problem is that they would spin too fast. He thought maybe a cheap clock would be the better way.

Any ideas?

[Slappy]

I found the same problem with rod wrapping motors. I did a web search and found a place that does mail order and bought one from them. I found that there was a much better variety of stuff available for commecial use (non-fishing). I got an awesome footpedal along with the motor for less than just a motor from a fishing catalog.

Try a web search, there are a number of companies that sell electric motors. I will try to find where I ordered from and post later.

[mike kelly]

i met a guy who built one from a bbq rotisserie motor from sears, i've been on their web site and checked a couple of stores and haven't found one yet. he put the whole thing together for about $14. i'd be curious if you find one anywhere.

[SamRiley]

Edmund's Scientific (http://www.scientificsonline.com/) has a good selection.

[Slappy]

there is also ebay:
http://search.ebay.com/Replacement-Rotisserie-Motors_W0QQsokeywordredirectZ1QQsonewuserZ1QQxpufu Zx

or (on backorder)
http://www.marbeck.com/fry_pans_farberware.html

I have used a rotisserie motor for rod drying and it was great.

[Bob Parsons]

I built a little one from the motor section of a Capsula building kit for kids. Carved a cicurlar disk out of foam and it does the job. Well as long as I use fresh batteries.

[Limpe]

Í used an electric motor from a old microwave.
Best feature is that when you turn off the power and switch it back on it'll rotate the other way around.
Most of them can be removed with just two simple screws..

Limpe

[Bob Parsons]

Just thinking here. Bet you could rig up something with an old variable drill. Foam disk on a 1/4 inch wooden spindle chucked into the drill. Clamp the drill to a desk/workbench. Have a hose clamp around the drill and the trigger. Tighten the hose clamp until the drill turns at the desired speed. If you going to use this set up frequently, once you have the best speed just pull plug to turn off.

[Frequent Fly-er]

Grainger sells the motors you need. They are sign motors.

[Henry]

You might try going to a heating/electrical supply outlet and picking up a cheap "Spongedrum humidifier motor"...should be under $15.00. They have the right speed and are easy to wire-in.

[lemaymiami]

For years I've used the same drying motor setup for both rodbuilding and curing out flies. The suggestions about barbecue motors are right on the money. Because I was doing production tying I came up with a slightly different setup for my flies than a simple foam wheel. I've used short sections of fiberglass (and sometimes graphite) rod blanks to make them. I simply spaced out single cork rings at 6" intervals along each blank. Each section will accomodate about 3 dozen flies. When each batch have turned long enough (about 2 hours for Flex-Coat) it's removed from the turner then another rod is ready to use. I've finished out as many as 12 dozen flies in a day that way. Each rod is mounted in a short section of hard foam rod grip material (Veltex is one brand) attached to the motor that holds the blank enough to turn but will slip when held. That way I can stop the shaft momentarily to mount the next fly. When a batch is removed from the turner it is stood on end and allowed to remain undisturbed until the next day to finish curing. It works well...

[Ray]

Try McMasterr-Carr supply company. Search their website for single phase subfractional AC gear motors. You can buy them by the RPM you want between 3 - 200 RPM, about $35.

[Jay MacLaughlin]

Sentience -

You-Do-It Electronics just off Rte. 128 in Needham has a 4rpm motor nominally designed to spin the mirrored crystal balls on the ceilings of cheesy discos. Costs seven or eight bucks. I extended the shaft with a length of copper tubing, mounted a foam disk from a lobster buoy on the shaft, and mounted the whole thing on a slab of 1x4" pine. I don't think I even had to wire it; it came with a 5-foot AC cord. Helpful techno-geeks on the sales floor to answer questions, unlike catalog or on-line sales. Worked for me.

[LeonR]

Look in the office for old copiers and printers that are throughn out they all have slow speed motors in them.

[rhino]

I own a few of these and am always floored by their price. I figue that a motor for these things has to cost 5 dollars somewhere. I just don't know where. Winter is a good time to try to build one of these.

Does anyone have any ideas where I might buy one. I talked to a friend who is into the hobby shop thing and he says that they sell motors for that much but the problem is that they would spin too fast. He thought maybe a cheap clock would be the better way.

Any ideas?



i have a degree in eletricity and eletronics and the motors you are looking for are called gear motors and are sold at http://www.surpluscenter.com/electric.asp and dont buy one over 30 rpms and one that needs a capistor it will be even more trouble than it is worth


any ways good luck and tight lines rhino --123-3 --123-3 --123-3

[AlderBrookFarm]

I have one made from a bbq motor. Got it in a junkyard for a couple of bucks. Probably can find them in yard sales if you look. made a foam disk for it. Thinking I will try and make a wood disk like I've seen with the spring around the outside edge to hold flies instead...either that or I gotta get new foam.

[RogerStg]

Has anyone used the DC BBQ motor like the one at http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.asp?UID=2004122907471577&catname=electric&item=5-1196

I wonder how long the batteries last, and how noisy is the motor? I'm considering making a turner for tying at clubs and classes, but don't want it to be distracting.

[mike kelly]

went with the disco ball motor Jay suggests from u-do-it electronics, came with a plug attached, quiet and right speed...my son got it for me, so not sure on exact price, but likely cheap! and i just kinda like the idea of the disco ball...need a couple new cd's i guess... --127-3- ...disco banana?

[Sentience]

I ended up going with the same disco ball motor from the same store. Thanks for all the help. I built a box around it and used a small piece of piping for an extension. I used foam insulation for the wheel. Looks and works great. The whole thing probably ended up being around $25.00.

[Wes]

I ended up with a humidifier motor from a small appliance repair shop, 2 rpm. Gooped the support together in abt 10 minutes.