Thanks Steve! I showed this to my husband and we were able to convert an existing cup turner that used arms with PVC screw on caps to magnetic arms. SO MUCH BETTER!! Thanks for putting this DYI out there 🙂
Sorry for the late reply , I was selling them on my tiktok seller shop but I am sold out I have to build some more, I can build whatever you want you will need a single for making your cup and another for drying.
Hey buddy! I talked to u one nite on tictok. You were live. I told u i make my own turners but cudn figure out how to magnetize so u gave me info dat nite! But to see yur actual tutorial is awesome! Now my idea is much clearer now that youve shown us! Thank you sooo much buddy😊. Take care 😘
Hey there, do you by chance have a list of supplies that you could share so when we do this kind of project we can get all the supplies to build as we follow along?
Thank you for your response maybe next time I do one I will try to make a list but it's very time consuming I did talk about most of the supplies during the videos.
Sorry I haven't been on here in a minute just saw your message I live in East Texas I don't know where you are but you probably already got the holes drilled by now
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When you put the magnets on you should put glue as well when you screw them to the dowel rod, sorry I took so long I just seen your message ,good luck with your project
Hey Steven. Thanks so much for this video. I just have one question for you. On your PVC plug that fits over the wooden dowel….. is that threaded? I can only find threaded. If so, did you drill it out or just jam the dowel in the threads? Thanks again.
None of the PVC fittings I use were threaded but some of them is not a regular cap it's considered a plug I advise people in the past it's better to just bring a small piece of the dow rod to match up with fits and if it fits a little loose you can always glue it in with silicone
Thank you for all your help, I am working on duplicating your design. However, I had a question I don’t recall where you mentioned the width of the board you mentioned the length being 4 feet but not the width can you please tell me what that is thank you
I believe the board was 6" width it is the cedar fence pickets some are 5 and 1/2 and some are six inches it's kind of a choice thing you can use regular yellow pine that's 5 and 1/2 The very first one I built was out of yellow pine which is very strong but I was trying to reduce the weight and the expense so I went with the cedar fence pickets because they are much lighter a little bit thinner and way cheaper and they do the same job just remember if you build more than one you will need to use the same so that they match and I think the length of mine was about 53 in not 4 ft if I remember correctly
On Amazon the motor kit comes with the motors , The brass piece for the attachment to the motor electrical cords and comes with some PVC but I don't use it because it's a millimeter everything else you have to buy separate from the hardware store.
Could you be more specific please I think you're talking about the fittings for the dowel rod I think it's best just to take a little piece of dowel rod with you to the hardware store to make sure you get the right one
I understand do you make epoxy resin cups if so if he ever want one don't have time to build it and can afford to buy one I can make one and sell it to you it's $400.00
So we built a turner following your videos! But my cup arms do not stay level when rotating. My husband made sure to drill the center of the 1 inch plugs that attach the dowel to the motor. And also we did your measurement of 1.5” from the top, 3” from the sides and 7” apart for the back board. And did 1” from the top on the front board. I’m at a loss as to what we did wrong! Any suggestions?
You also have to make sure the motor is screwed to the wood straight It could be a little off instead of 12:00 it could be 11:30 or 12:30 like looking at a clock if you understand what I'm saying you have to make sure it's exactly at 12:00 straight up where the shaft comes off the small motor
And if it's wobbling up and down most likely it sounds like the screws not in the middle, just guessing that , unless your dial rides are not straight possibly but being as short as they are I doubt that they are not straight
Can you please tell me what the magnets are called and were you get them? I have a six cup turner my husband and I built and I'd like to switch it over. He just built me a plexiglass cover for it!😊 I found the link!! Thanks I'm so excited!
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Thanks Steve! This is the most difficult part after the build. Tutorials don’t take step by step one at a time for those who are more visual. They rush through or some are all done then rush to explain, which is difficult for me. Thanks again!
That's awesome I guess my recap video helped out, just make sure when you attach your PVC fitting to the motor it is perfectly in the center or it will wobble.
The plugs which are called the shaft collars you must have missed that in the video you need to order 1/2 in because they go by the inside diameter which the 1/2-in is 1 in outside diameter you want to get the black dioxide I think is the one that I got because some of them are not magnetic as well
@@stevenwright6280 I got the shaft collars. I’m talking about the white plug that you screw the hole on then connect to the gold part on the cup motor.
@@Freckledmagnolia The plug does not go over the dial rod it butts up to it The plug is meaning the shaft collar right it's half inch inside but the outside diameter is 1 in if you remember when I was making the arms the plug goes inside the PVC and the plug is only used for steel so the magnet will attach to it The magnet screws to the end of the dowel rod and the plug butts up against it so however long your Dowel rod sticks out is where you need to install the plug remember take out that little screw and put the quarter inch thread with the bevel screw , remember you drill a hole in the PVC pipe and slide the shaft collar/plug inside and then use that quarter inch screw to secure it The plug is only because it's metal so that it will latch to the magnet on the dowel rod
I'm not sure what size it is because I just use what comes with my kit but you can do is take that with you to the hardware store and get it matched up It doesn't need to be but about a half inch long I think
@@stevenwright6280 I talking about the screw that you used to hold the schedule 40 plug to the gold part. It goes inside the plug to the gold part. I ordered a kit on Amazon but it only came with the set screws
The little circuit thingamajiggy's you will have extra spots It doesn't matter I couldn't find a small one that only had like three or four spots on them so I just use what I found one wire off of the motor goes to the switch and then the other wire off of the motor goes to one side of your incoming power cord and then you hook the extra wire from the switch to the other power source it's basically like hooking it one wire off the motor to direct to the cord and the other wire direct to the cord but instead you're putting a switch in between but if you're building only one you don't really have to have a switch on it you could use the cord switch and just wire it direct to the motor if you want but when building more than one I like to use the little strip you can twist them together and put a electrical twist nut on their as well and then tape it it's just using the little block connector is more secure and safer when I have time I will try to do another video explaining how to wire it if you don't understand these directions
@@stevenwright6280 I did. However my husband did not watch that one because he knew how to do it 🙄 After blowing a switch, a motor, causing sparks, smoke and scaring my 2 year old be realized he did it wrong 🤦🏻♀️
Hey! It’s me again :) so I am in the process of trying to build my own, but I am confused about the circuit boards. You sent me a link to one, but do I need all of that? Which one do I use for the single Turner and which one would I use for my 6 cup Turner?
You don't have to use the little circuit thing that's all that is is a junction to tie everything together it's better to use it because it's safer so wires don't come loose when you're doing a single you really don't need that you can just twist the wires together with the electrical twister nut I just use it for multiple
Hoping you got your Turner built and wired up other people were having issues with the wiring so I did a recap video Hope you had watched it I simplified it in more detail
You're very welcome be sure to like and subscribe someone else is having issues with their wiring I will try to do another video as soon as possible explaining how to wire it again but basically you could wire it with the cord if you're doing a single but I used a little circuit board thing just because it's more secure you could just wire them twist them together and use the wire nut thing but basically the switch act like it's one wire one wire from the motor goes to one side of the switch The other one goes to the power source and then you have one left over on the motor and one left over on the switch and they go to the other side
Hey Steve, do you have a Instagram where others can post their completed tumbler turner’s following your tutorials? I would love to show my turner! My hubby is pretty impressed!
I'm not really understanding what you're doing as far as what size millimeter whatever you're talking about try to explain it to me better or attach a picture or something
Are you talking about the plug that goes inside the PVC pipe if so that's a quarter inch threads like I said I'm not sure if that's what you're talking about
I’ve been wanting to build my own for some time but want one just like that, well done. Watched many which are great but yours is exceptional!! Love it!!
That is called a schedule 40 1-in plug just so you know the reason I sanded it is because there's a little ridge on there and when you try to drill it will make your bit walk off to the side that's why I got rid of that little ridge and the sticker but it's not a cap it is a plug
And the PVC pipe that I use for my handles is 1 in schedule 40 but if you watch the video you'll notice at the end I have problems with it fitting over the wooden dowels and I think it's because it's out of round or something I'm going to have to go somewhere and purchase another one I would just take a piece of the dowel with me to make sure it goes inside of it before I buy another
I just noticed your message about how much to build one you need a single spinner to do your tumblers and when you're done you just move them to your larger one to dry of course you probably know that already so you need them to match so you would need a six cup turner with a single one to make your cups it's not cheap due to material is so expensive and I wouldn't make a whole lot on the labor I'm working on a seven cup turner right now I'm just about finished then I would build a single for you as well You're looking at $400 plus the shipping and I'm not
Plus you need to add shipping to that I had a larger one with heavier wood and I got it estimate on that one was going to be about $80 for shipping I'm sure that's going to be a little less than that I would have to measure it box it up get away and get a price for the shipping I'm in East Texas Mississippi is not that far from me
Done! I appreciate your response! I’ve been trying to figure out how to build one for a long time. I appreciate your videos and your knowledge! Very helpful! Thanks so much So are the magnets on the end of the wooden dowel rod 16mm? Would you be willing to send links or sizes/dimensions/where to purchase of each piece you used?? I already have the motors. I’d really appreciate it :)
You are so welcome I tried to be as detailed as possible I've watched a lot of videos on other things and sometimes they're just not enough detail to really teach you how to do something so I made sure I did that hopefully and you're more than welcome to ask any other questions there's like three other videos to finish the job with more detail
The magnet goes on the end of the Dow rod The piece inside the PVC is called a shaft collar it's just something I use that's metal that has a set screw in it that I can mount inside the PVC you can buy them at summit collars I bought half inch shaft collars because the outside diameter is 1 in that's what I needed for the 1-in PVC
You can buy them at the hardware store like Ace but they cost 3 or 4 times more That's why I bought them from summit collars It was like 13 or $14 for a package of 10
