Messages In This Digest (4 Messages)
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- Re: Home made roto-caster From: DOC
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- Re: Home made roto-caster From: james mcmillin
- 1c.
- Re: Home made roto-caster From: DOC
- 2a.
- Re: New Cart in Progress From: Mike Jackson
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Re: Home made roto-caster
Posted by: "DOC" doc@sympatico.ca torobots
Sun Feb 3, 2008 7:24 am (PST)
Ah.
But there are certain perils to being an inventive genius!
:-)ooo
DOC
At 10:08 PM 2/2/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>Yes, some exercise would be nice. i figure the resin would set up in a half
>hour, so that's about 15 or 20 times around the block but what will the
>neighborhood think watching me ride around the block with a giant rotocaster
>strapped to the back of my bike?
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Re: Home made roto-caster
Posted by: "james mcmillin" jamesmcmca@yahoo.com jamesmcmca
Sun Feb 3, 2008 8:24 am (PST)
I believe these Items are referred to as "T" Nuts
----- Original Message ----
From: henry halikas <factdatalearn@yahoo.com >
To: casting@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, February 3, 2008 5:47:13 AM
Subject: Re: [casting] Home made roto-caster
Kent:
Regarding "FANCASTER",
Both Lowes and Home Depot sell a spiked threaded
metal fixture that attaches to the bottom of the wooden posts, looks like a thick washer only with spikes, of which you would hit with a hammer centering it into the bottom of each post, of which you would then pre-drill a hole thru its center, so a bolt could screw into it.
You would only then have to ajust the length of the bolt to get it level with whatever floor your dealing with.
Four of both items would only run you about $10.00.
Sorry I can't be more specific.
Henry
The Loewen's <kdloewen@mts. net> wrote:
http://community. webshots. com/album/ 558467961yRWFeV
Here are some pictures of a homebuilt rotocaster I saved off the net a while back but my computer died back then and I was only able to retrieve the pics.
Hope it helps in those who want to build their own or get DOC to help out. Looking forward to seeing what comes out of this topic.
Kent
----- Original Message -----
From: DOC
To: casting@yahoogroups .com
Sent: Saturday, February 02, 2008 6:45 PM
Subject: Re: [casting] Home made roto-caster
Well it looks like there is enough interest for me to get on the
job.
I'll head for the city (Toroonto) on Monday and try to get a
better fix on costs.
I've got a figure of about $25 for wood but need something
more solid for motor, pulleys, gears...
I'm still thinking pricing in the $200 to $250 range but if I can source out
some good prices then it should be easily under $200.00
BTW, feel free to comment on any of this.
Right now my plan is to build more or less what's on the rotomold
machine page. Wood for the frame etc. A few change to make it
more reliable...
DOC
At 02:23 AM 2/2/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>if it worked and the parts were replaced easily as they wear out, yeah i'd
>buy one or two. i don't think 200 bucks is unreasonable for something like
>that. i've shelled out more than my fare share on stuff that doesn't work,
>not
>knowing that at the time. the wife (or husband) might object to resin covered
>walls. (i don't have that problem, i don't have a wife.) i see the idea
>behind it and might give it a whirl (get that?), yet a pre-made version
>would be
>easier. i really don't have a couple thousand bucks to lay down on the real
>thing.
>
>randall
>
>ps: does anyone have an effective way to get resin off walls? just wondering.
>
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Re: Home made roto-caster
Posted by: "DOC" doc@sympatico.ca torobots
Sun Feb 3, 2008 8:51 am (PST)
Thanks for digging this out.
I'm always amazed at how creative some people can be when it comes
to hacking together stuff.
The roto caster is a nice job but I prefer to have support on
both sides of the rotating elements. Figure it's a bit more
reliable.
DOC
At 01:08 AM 2/3/2008 -0600, you wrote:
><http://community.webshots. >http://community.com/album/ 558467961yRWFeV webshots. com/album/ 558467961yRWFeV
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>Here are some pictures of a homebuilt rotocaster I saved off the net a
>while back but my computer died back then and I was only able to retrieve
>the pics.
>Hope it helps in those who want to build their own or get DOC to help out.
>Looking forward to seeing what comes out of this topic.
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Re: New Cart in Progress
Posted by: "Mike Jackson" mike@cfnson.com alumicaster
Sun Feb 3, 2008 3:46 pm (PST)
I've added new photos of my progress on the cart. I was able to take some
pictures at the Siege of Augusta 2008:
http://www.cfnson.com/cartnshelf. html
- Mike
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