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Desparate Times Call For Desparate Measures!

 
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HighTide
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 07, 2014 9:04 pm    Post subject: Desparate Times Call For Desparate Measures! Reply with quote

I couldn't stand the cold weather anymore. So I pulled out my LDX rod that needed a guide replaced. Much to my wife's displeasure, I went ahead and used clamps to hold the drying motor in place. I took the tray motor from an old microwave turntable and screwed a crutch tip onto it to hold the rod in place. The supports, I made back when I had a TIG welder, but you can make some out of wood. Anyway, I clamped the pieces on the kitchen counter, snapped in the rod that needed the new guide and I plugged it in. It should be ready to remove from the fixture in a couple of hours, but won't be ready to use until tomorrow.





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If changes in barometric pressure cause your joints to hurt, do pilots and divers have a lot of joint pain?
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lmgreeri
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 10:59 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Power window motors from cars work well also.
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 11:57 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's some high tech engineering there! Good Job, Carlos.
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HighTide
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 08, 2014 12:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

lmgreeri, the reason I used a microwave motor is because it is AC. All I need to do is plug it into the wall and voila. What's funny is that sometimes it will rotate CW and sometimes CCW, just like the microwave turntable! LOL
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