Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jim Wilkins" Newsgroups: rec.crafts.metalworking Subject: Re: rod-mill project - "mains" electric motor advice Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 17:50:54 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 1 Message-ID: <101aksp$2ro3$1@dont-email.me> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Thu, 29 May 2025 23:51:21 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="30907b8c9a681dfdfe99c66243136041"; logging-data="93955"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18FBuJRHowWa18BDS6Nz76jVgL6D340t2s=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:TWjOtQlYDzRFs+CZSeX+J8weJPc= X-Priority: 3 X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 16.4.3505.912 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V16.4.3505.912 In-Reply-To: Importance: Normal "Richard Smith" wrote in message news:m1v7pjhzvs.fsf@void.com... Update these many weeks later... Video on YouTube: https://youtube.com/shorts/QWyuFxhJBiw?si=S6XRwMTUNetdnfHy "Rod-mill 1st working" I put in a few trowels of "sharp sand" - image of result here: http://weldsmith.co.uk/greet/rodmill/pics/ptmp/250529_1st_gnd_sharpsand_m.jpg Promising. What's seen in video is a contraption. Never-the-less, can do a range of valuable tests hopefully - informing the next iteration of the project. Regards, --------------------------- Congratulations. Did you learn anything worth sharing about designing and building low budget powered machinery?