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Turbine Fire Stoker with Electric Motor
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 2:23 am
by JohnnyRobot
I remixed one of my other designs to make a fire stoker.
It works awesome! You can see it in action here:
http://youtu.be/mQWUZ7E0hiY
Re: Turbine Fire Stoker with Electric Motor
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 4:28 am
by msmollin
Pretty neat. What's the thingiverse link?
Re: Turbine Fire Stoker with Electric Motor
Posted: Tue Mar 03, 2015 7:29 am
by Bratag
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:705192
Little light on details but my guess is the handle holds a battery holder, The fan is direct driven by a small electric motor attached via a shaft from the outside of the casing. The switch is most likely just a couple of bare wires that touch to complete the circuit.
Re: Turbine Fire Stoker with Electric Motor
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 6:09 am
by jdacal
Nice work!
Re: Turbine Fire Stoker with Electric Motor
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 10:44 pm
by JohnnyRobot
Sorry about that.
Here are some more details.
I mounted a motor (Radio Shack# 273-256) to the backing plate by using 2 M2.5 X 5mm bolts.
The handle holds the battery and the trigger mechanism which hits a limit switch (Radio Shack# 275-017)
Re: Turbine Fire Stoker with Electric Motor
Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2015 10:45 pm
by JohnnyRobot
The limit switch is hot glued into position.