ok thinking of getting away from hand turning and was wondering what others have used to make an adapter to hold the rod to any of the small motor options available. Am considering looking for a rotisserie motor or one of the disco ones … but not sure how to adapt it to hold the rod
Thanks in advance
Tom
All of my rod turners have a 3/4" hole in a rubber piece to mount the rods. I simply drilled out 1" round pieces of delrin to every ferrule size and every butt size imaginable and use them for adapeters. You could easily do the same thing with 1" round wooden dowels. I just used delrin because I happened to have a LOT of it laying around. Someone gave it to me years ago and I’ve found many good uses for it.
Later,
Bob
did you also make the rubber piece to mount to the shaft of the motor? if so whatdid you use?
again thanks
Tom
Here’s what I did with a 3 rpm discoball motor:
Note that there is an outboard support bracket so I can do an entire assembled rod at one time. I have the room to do this.
Motor mounted to 1x6 pine
1-1/2" PCV Schedule 40 cap with (3) 1/4-20 tapped holes equally spaced and 1/4-20 x 1-1/2" lg nylon screws (cap & screws from Home Depot) Screw hole drilling & tapping works best in a drill press vise so they are perpendicular to the O.D. of the cap. (I did it freehand, but it works fine.)
The motor shaft measured .273 dia. (just under 7mm) so I drilled a hole in the cap with a 17/64 drill (.265) and created an interference fit to hold the cap on the shaft. No epoxy required.
Joe
Thanks Joe looks like just the ticket I need
Tom
I did the PVC cap too, except that instead of tapped holes I installed 4 wood screws in a plus shape and then stretched 2 rubber bands from one side to the opposite side. It is very adjustable and can hold about anything.
bbrothe1,
After some research, I’ve decided to modify my unit to work like yours. I have to fool around with mine to center the rod butt using the screws, but the rubber bands are self-centering. Thanks for the tip!
Joe
Joe,
I am glad you could use the info. I based my design on the Cabelas rod chuck. They wanted 39.99 for theirs and I knew I could make one more reasonably priced. Mine was well under 5 bucks.
I guess I have to agree the rubber bands do look like the way to go for fast and easy centering
thanks for the tip’
Tom
Hi theres a guy on Ebay selling a 16 RPM motor, which is the best speed :lol:
I’ve got something similar…you can make yourself or you can get it off ebay