Psychodelilactochron Plus

[ombudsman]

You all will remember (surely you couldn't forget!) my tumbler constructed from a variable-speed reversable DC gearmoter and a milk crate. My best friend gave me the motor and controller and faced and drilled a pulley for a flange to mount the milk crate.
Here it is, for anyone who may have missed it:

 

[Plumbata]

What does it tumble? disobedient pet felines? Jingle-bells?

 

[ombudsman]

Well, I have been doing just the insides of the bottles, not having a tumbling container built for interior/exterior work. My plan was to build some standard tumbling containers and fit them in the milk crate.

My best friend made me a standard container. I bought the plugs, but he made the spring-loaded stopple and plastic-covered fingers for the tube (which he also supplied.) I loaded the container with a pretty, whittled Siegert & Hijos bitters, glass beads and tin oxide (the bottle had light staining and scuffing.)

I underestimated the weight of the filled container, and when I put it into the milk crate the crate sagged some. It's a stout crate, but apparently it is not up to the weight of a filled in/out container with a large bottle. Sooo, now I had a nice loaded container and no way to spin it.

I looked at the Psychodelilactochron and its pulley and thought....

At a rummage sale I bought an old skate board for a buck and removed the wheels. Here is what I came up with. It works!

 

[cyberdigger]

Don't tell me.. somebody saw the pic and reported to the milk crate police.. and you need bail?? Sorry, can't help ya..
..you're a clever dude.. that looks like a true stroke of genius to me!! []

 

[ombudsman]

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[ombudsman]

It may look goofy, but (other than the expensive motor and controller that were given to me) it cost almost nothing. I have had excellent results on the bottle interiors, and have no reason to expect anything else on the exteriors.

Laugh if you like, but I'm happy.

 

[cyberdigger]

I bet... if you mounted a bearing in the center of the wooden "lid" on the crate, and stubbed the bearing into a 2x4 or something that supported the weight on the other side, you might get a more stable ride in the crate.. and it would hold more weight.. [8|]

 

[ombudsman]

ORIGINAL: cyberdigger

Don't tell me.. somebody saw the pic and reported to the milk crate police.. and you need bail?? Sorry, can't help ya..
..you're a clever dude.. that looks like a true stroke of genius to me!! []

Thanks []

Actually, and you may be aware of this, I learned that milk crate theft is a real big deal to the dairy industry. I tried to buy one from the grocery store where we trade, and was flatly refused. I went online and found that you can buy them for $15, but that the industry takes theft of them seriously. Luckily, my wife found one where she works. As you see, it has "FFP" burned over the "label." I can't imagine what FFP means; I could guess, but the thread would probably get deleted. []

 

[ombudsman]

ORIGINAL: cyberdigger

I bet... if you mounted a bearing in the center of the wooden "lid" on the crate, and stubbed the bearing into a 2x4 or something that supported the weight on the other side, you might get a more stable ride in the crate.. and it would hold more weight.. [8|]

I thought of that, but was (and am) trying to spend as little money as possible. This is partly a game and partly a necessity. LOL

It runs smooth as silk, although if the bottles are packed in the crate badly out of balance it will slightly accelerate and decelerate during each revolution.

 

[cyberdigger]

PM me your address, I will send you a 2x4.. and a bearing..