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Have just built the perfect spinner...easy and cheap..very solid feel
clhug:
Didn't think of fence poles or conduit, but yes, looked at PVC, iron, copper, and galvanized water pipe. The motor has exactly a 1.5" diameter. The problem is that all the pipe that I can even find in a 1.5" ID is actually about a 1/8" larger diameter. I've tried all kinds of combinations of even a lower ID pipe hoping that the OD would be exactly right and then trying to use a coupler, but I can't find anything that exact.
The motor only sticks out about 1/4", maybe 3/8". The sanding isn't a bad idea. I'm just not sure I've got the stuff to really do it. But I'll look into it.
ArcadEd:
Have you tried different Hard Drives too? By motor, I am assuming you mean the bearing inside. If so, I have 2 or 3 I pulled from bad hard drives. I can measure them and let you what I have. Maybe one of those will work better for you.
clhug:
Well, bearings, yes, but it is also literally the motor that drives the platters in the drive. If you look up the old hard drive spinner hack thread you'll see pictures of it. What I have is out of a Western Digital drive. I don't have access to a bunch of dead or old drives though so I can't try a bunch of different ones. Oh, I did try one other drive but the motor out of it was a completely different design and completely unusable for this purpose.
ArcadEd:
OK, well I take some pictures tonight and shoot you a PM of what I have. Maybe one will be useful to you :).
ArcadEd:
Well I'll just post it here.
Both of these are 1" or slightly smaller in diameter. Let me know if you want them. Just PM me your address and I'll drop them in the mail on Wed.