I made a rotisserie to do fiberglass lay up work recently. While the current motor only turns at 4 RPM, I had toyed with the idea of using a different motor and drive wheels/belt to increase the speed to make it into a sanding tool, too.
As for painting, never had much luck with the horizontal rigs that I came up with and I prefer to do that vertically with a lazy susan.
2x4, grill rotisserie motor, 3/4" electrical conduit, conduit clamps, screen door rollers, and some assorted screws. I tried to make it as simple as possible and easy to store, that's why it's 2x4, scrap plywood, and sets up and tears down easily with simple clamps to any reasonably flat, level work surface.
Hopefully this helps you. I don't have $30 in the whole thing.
Slowest speed on any wood lathe I've seen is ~100rpm. WAY too fast for layup work but might be slow enough for sanding. You might be able to gear down the wood lathe to something much slower but you'd have to have some really big pulleys for that. Metal lathes can get you down into the dozens of rpms but I wouldn't want to hang epoxy over the bed of a good metal lathe even if I had the ways covered.
Ahhh yes, very much so, BIG thx. Ingenious
I'll have to "splurge" on the motor to ensure I have enough speed and torque for sanding. You mentioned considering the same... have you sourced a motor?
For sure 115V, variable speed, but beyond those specs not sure.
Most of those are made from the same grill rotisserie motor (or a variation of) that I used and turn 3 to 4 RPM, and that's where I got the idea. Thankfully, my local Home Depot and Lowes both had the kit in stock.These cup turners could be adaptable...
Hi,
I've made a manual version using the slotted extrusion known as 80/20. I'm sure it can motorized.
Love the tree!FWIW: You might also want to keep an eye on Craigs List or Facebook Marketplace for a used wood lathe. I bought a Jet wood lathe for about $200 from a guy less than 3 miles from our home. Then you can turn nose cones, make transitions and centering rings, etc. too.
The one I have is freestanding, but they make bench top models too.
Love the tree!
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