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Star Roller

Started by Maxim, Apr 17 2010 04:17 PM

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#31 Atom Fireworks

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Posted 21 April 2010 - 07:47 AM

check out this speed controller 12V 30A DC

http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item2a00d51ed2

or this 24V 60A DC

http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item2a034b63f1

or what i went for with the ball mill i was going to build

http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item2a05e56324

Mines the same as that cch, little bit different and looks better made, i got mine of ebay aswell.

Jason

www.atomfireworks.co.uk

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#32 Maxim

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Posted 23 April 2010 - 12:28 AM

Variable speed drill then?

http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item23062660b9

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#33 Guest_PyroPDC_*

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Posted 23 April 2010 - 12:55 AM

im not sure on other people experiences but my first star roller used a drill but i could not get the the speed to stay the same it would often speed up slightly or slow down depending on torque from the load. i also found it didnt have enough torque on slow speeds (this might be more that it was a cheep drill as i tried with my bosh battery drill as it has gears to slow it down and had a lot of torque but at £260 i wasnt going to use that lol.

my final made star roller motor was sourced by cooperman (a 24V wheelchair motor) it came with all the gears and more torque than i will ever need. it has never let me down yet.

i then used a dc speed controller from ebay.

Edited by PyroPDC, 23 April 2010 - 12:59 AM.

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#34 Maxim

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Posted 23 April 2010 - 08:00 AM

Thanks very much for the reference! Ill ask if phil has possibly any knowledge of sourcing one. Failing that i will try to find wheelchair parts myself, probably on ebay or gumtree or something like that. Its not the first time ive heard of such a suggestion but almost every youtube video i see uses a variable drill, but then again, i doubt they are professionals anyway.