token
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Post by token on Nov 17, 2016 18:23:13 GMT 10
Yeah the panels/inverter would drive stuff like that just fine during the day. Gee that Diamant is a nice piece of kit. at $1300 US it would wanna be too. Id want it to fly me over my property 15 times a year for surveillance at that. Gray, have you thought about getting an old washing machine pulley on yours and running it off an electric motor to see if it does the same job, or, just put a bigger wheel on yours to give less rotations and more punch? Be interesting
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Post by graynomad on Nov 19, 2016 23:27:50 GMT 10
I'm researching different options now, but if I buy new parts it will cost almost as much as just buying the electric version, and that would give me two mills.
I do have a 2nd hand washing machine motor, not sure of the power but it looks a little small to me, I need at least 1/3 HP, 1/2 would be better.
As the mill stands now it's a 1:1 manual drive, so there is nothing to change to give "less rotations and more punch".
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starmade
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Post by starmade on Nov 21, 2016 11:20:48 GMT 10
Found the Diamanté for $400 us postage looks free but it's too good to be true so I'm trying to get a confirmation.
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starmade
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Post by starmade on Nov 21, 2016 11:21:38 GMT 10
On Amazon
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shinester
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Post by shinester on Nov 21, 2016 15:04:13 GMT 10
I'm researching different options now, but if I buy new parts it will cost almost as much as just buying the electric version, and that would give me two mills. I do have a 2nd hand washing machine motor, not sure of the power but it looks a little small to me, I need at least 1/3 HP, 1/2 would be better. As the mill stands now it's a 1:1 manual drive, so there is nothing to change to give "less rotations and more punch". You sure you need that much power, 1/3HP is about 250W and humans hand cranking put out about 30W. Obviously torque is the go. Couldn't a drill motor do the trick? [test for free]
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Post by graynomad on Nov 21, 2016 22:29:20 GMT 10
The importer recommended 1/3 HP, but then they also sell a drill adapter for your electric drill. I do have many drills and one is a triple-reduction high-torque one that would probably work but it's $39 (IIRC) for the adapter so that's not free to try. Also I saw a video of it in use and because the mill shaft is tapered at the end the torque tends to twist the adapter off the shaft. So you have to apply a lot of force to the drill and that's not a hands-free option. And the mill shaft is 14mm I think, too large for most drill chucks. He said "about" 1/2" for the shaft but I can't get my chucks anywhere near open enough. He also said 1400RPM but that seems too fast for me unless their pulleys give a 20-odd:1 reduction. I'm fast putting this into the too-hard basket for now
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