I already mentioned I found this type Zeromax on ebay for $49; am starting the plans for my worm harvester build soon. Thanks for the inspiration & sharing, Respectfully, Margo
We are more interested in seeing you working the wheel now that you went to all this trouble making the videos of how you built this wheel,buy the way I built my wheel allso. My hat is off to you sir for the building this,now we would like very much to see video of you or somebody pulling pots now and lots of them..Thank you Linda.PS we be waiting you reply!!
Yes it would work nicely I don't like a spash pan as high as the wheel head. I don't center as fast as most potters; in fact I do most of my work on another homemade wheel that turns at a constant 85rpm. Ill put that up some time too. I also have another School built friction drive variable speed that I converted to 90vDC w speed control I'll show sometime. Thanks for your comment. Bill
If you ever get down close and look across the top of the head of a name brand wheel., and look at it as you run at different speeds you will see how level it is.. Very critical to get the head level!!! I don't mean critical center but"level" that's why we would like to see how well the very nice wheel and I mean very nice wheel you built, is at throwing a piece of clay from centering to finish!! Thanks for any replies.
@madman1487 mmmmm... well maybe not THAT great; but, yea it works good. The weak link is the wheel head: getting and holding a good tight fit on the output shaft. Extending the shaft with a coupler and adding a second bearing just under the wheelhead would provide more stability. One can also buy wheelheads from AMACO; I did that on a pouple others I built. Wish you the best. Bill
@baileyslip Hi bailey, making pot on this wheel isn't any different than on any other wheel; there are so many out there now didn't see the point in more. I've been using it a an auxillary wheel (I have 5 in the studio) when I throw larger pieces. I was considering doing one on that process; that is throwing then adding rings and continuing up. But again some videos like that already out there. Nice to hear from you. I wish you the best.
@zeussaurabh The motor in this video is a used washing machine motor 1/4 or 1/3 hp I also made one out of a 1/8 hp 'gearhead motor with final single speed drive of 80 rpm which workes fine for stuff up to 10 lb. Not familiar w your motor but it sounds like higher speed low torque which isn't great for potters wheel If it's a 'brush' type motor you can buy inexpensive speed control on e-bay When choosing a motor amps are more important than hp.. in general; look for at least 1 amp 1/8hp
WELL DONE! I can adapt this application to one of my many projects.Chkd for a ZEROMAX Gearbox but man o' man are they expensive. can you suggest another brand that w/do as well? setup; variable speeds etc. An older vid..but just love the finish project. Respectfully, Margo
@madman1487 Sure, The wiring is just a regular on/off switch; I just used an old VW ignition switch beause I had on on hand from a '58 Bus I scrapped several years ago. The variable speed is provided by the 'ZERO-MAX' gearbox; so, the motor is just single speed (1725RPM). It just neets to be on or off. Does that help?
@newearthclaypottery you can find 90v dc motors w/ speed control one bay; look for at least 1 amp, 1/8 hp gearhead motor 5/8" shaft I wish yoiu the best let me know how it goes Bill
can u tell me whats the motor rating? like current, voltage, frequency of AC, motor rated speed and rated power.. i have an ac motor from a REEEAALLY OLD hard disc (yes ! AC motor) with ratings as 115V, 50Hz, 0.7 A, 2850RPM and 1/20 HP.. i wonder if i can use it to make a potters wheel with speed around 400-500 rpm (using pulley and belt arrangement to reduce speed)... BTW, is 400-500 rpm a sufficient speed for a potters wheel ? thanks...
