Rotisserie

[GrahameA]

Afternoon All

The Rod Builders or Epoxy Fly builders will know what I am talking about. Has anyone use a Rotisserie for their arrows while the Varnish is drying?

I have always racked mine vertical but I sometimes get runs where the varnish runs out of the thread bindings. So I was considering build a Rotisserie for them.

Comments??

[Buford]

interesting....
I have, in the past, used a hair drier on my arrows when the weather has been colder to prevent runs in paint or varnish.
Hi temp/ speed/ (whatever it is on a drier) for a minute or two whilst turning in my fingers before hanging vertically did the trick nicely.

[kimall]

Grahame if you have a cresting machine add a light dimmer switch and you can turn it right down low and it will work well.Thats what I did.
Cheers KIM

[danceswithdingoes]

a mate of mine made a rob building jig using a sewing machine motor and a dimmer attached the foot pedal cable.

[GrahameA]

Evening All

Hi Ding

I think what you are describing is a rod lathe.

Hi Kim

A crester is okay for one but not for many. (and most of the time I use my lathe)

Hi Matt

You can tell it is raining in Brisbane.

A commercial Rod Rotisserie will normally take a dozen to two dozen rods at a time and keeps them continually rotating whilst the finish dries.

Similarly if I was to build an arrow rotisserie I need to be able to load a dozen arrows at a time into it.

My fly rotisserie - built especially for epoxy shrimps - is just a slowly rotating disk with a bit or foam stuck on it. You stick the flies on by the hook and the epoxy does not get an opportunity to slump before it goes off.

[Mick Smith]

That's a bit weird Grahame, I too have made a number of epoxy shrimps and I used a rotisserie to stop the epoxy from sagging. They say great minds think alike.

The rotisserie I used was a simple battery powered one that I bought for about $20 from a BBQ place. It used a couple of D batteries. It only turned very slowly, but it had heaps of power. I suppose it was designed to turn a full sized pig.

I tried to adapt the rotisserie into a cresting lathe, but it was far too slow turning to be practical.

I don't have any problems with the clear finish sagging on my shafts as I only apply thin layers at any one time. I build up a deep covering with multi layers, rather than one thick one. I lightly sand between coats too. Sure, its a bit more time consuming, but the end result is so much better, I think.

Mick

[danceswithdingoes]

Nah Grahame, it was hooked up to a rubber band and a large disk that had 5 rob gimballs. The rods sat on the gimballs inside a large perspex box with a spot light at each end and two computer fans on the plywood floor. He put the rods there after he laquered the bindings.

[TEX]

When I build my fishing rods I use a rotisserie motor from an old wall oven.
I do all the binding by hand twisting, more control. Then use the motor for drying the two part varnish. I also use a hair dryer on slow heat to remove the bubbles.
I was going to use it for cresting my first set of traditional arrows.
It might be to slow but I will give it a try over the weekend and let you know.

[Brett Finger]

hay mate,
for drying flys, i just use a battery operated motor / roseitte / rotator out a BBQ, rotates at a great speed and runs for hours on a coupla d size cost about $20 from memory, i can post some pics if you like

for drying arras,
i just put a small pice of bulsa wood square dowel (8mm) into the motor key-way and then i put a pice of square foam on the end of the dowell.

the tip / point/ tapered end of the arra simply pushes into the foam, and made a bodgy cradel for the other end of the arra to sit on whle shes a spinnin...
Kind Regards, Brett

[Gringa Bows]

and if you put snags in the middle of the shaft you can have a feed when they finish

[jape]

global warming - save elecricity - use a hamster in a wheel

[TEX]

Yes the hamster is an excellent idea.
After you finished your arrows you can eat it.

[GrahameA]

Hmmm ... I wrote a reply ealier this morning but it did not post - and I was in a rush. I wonder what happened ? Try again.

Hi Mick

The rotisserie I used was a simple battery powered one that I bought for about $20 from a BBQ place. It used a couple of D batteries. It only turned very slowly, but it had heaps of power. I suppose it was designed to turn a full sized pig.

I know exactly what you mean and they do a good job. Having built a few Rotisseries to roast a whole carcass I would suggest you need something a bit bigger,

Ding

Nah Grahame, it was hooked up to a rubber band and a large disk that had 5 rob gimballs.

Yep, that is the reel (humour) deal. Use drainpipe O-Rings as drive belts.

Tex

I was going to use it for cresting my first set of traditional arrows.

If it not fast enough try a cordless drill.

Hi Brett

i just put a small pice of bulsa wood square dowel (8mm) into the motor key-way and then i put a pice of square foam on the end of the dowell.

That works for one - or just leave it in the lathe. However, I want one that will take a dozen.

Sounds like a project coming up. This is not good Flathead season is here.

Sometimes the weather can be just wrong - One week it is so hot that the stuff dries on the brush and the next you are waiting for hours. Should go fishing.

[TEX]

Fishing, I remember fishing, seems like a lifetime ago.
One day I shall wet a line and maybe even catch someting.