Rotating Fly Dryers

[Zach Matthews]

Hey guys –

I am going to be doing a little epoxy work coming up soon and I think it’s time I sprung for a real rotary dryer.

[Neal Osborn]

Zach, this past weekend at the Conclave I saw a tier that bought a cheap grill rotisserie motor and converted it to a rotary dryer.  He said it cost less than $20 for the whole setup.  He had about 50 popper boddies on the dryer!  I am going to Walmart tonight to check it out and will let you know.

[dusty montgomery]

Zach,
The one I use is a small, portable unit from Orvis that runs on two D batts. The foam wheel is not as big as what Neal described, but I can get a dozen on it at one time. I believe it retails for $50. I have not used it as much recently though because I started to use Rio’s knot sense and a small UV light. That set-up has been just as effective in getting the results I want; plus, it is much faster and less of a pain as mixing the epoxies is now unnecessary.
Dusty

[clark reid]

Zach,

I made one out of a “Mini Mirror Ball Turner” I bought from an equivilent site to ebay for a few dollars. Made a drying wheel by adapting a CD spindle with foam and was in business. It’s mains powered and works a treat!

Here’s one I found on Ebay… Mains Powered and I find 2 rpm about right… with a six inch disc.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Disco-Mirror-Ball-2-RPM-Motor-4-DJ-Mobile-Display-Light_W0QQitemZ380035981096QQihZ025QQcategoryZ29943QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

You can judge a man by the size of things which annoy him.

[Steve K.]

What Neal said.

I bought a rotisserie motor at the Depot for $8. The box had been opened and taped back. Who knows if all the parts were there….I only needed the motor. Works like a charm and turns at the correct speed.

It runs off two D-cells and will run for days on the 2 batteries.

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