After much thinking, I have decided to go with this motor:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=310054176832

It is 8.9 RPM, so it needs to be geared down only about 3:1.

I looked more closely at the steel that I have, and found a good about
of what looks like 12-14 gauge sheetmetal.

So I think that I just might have enough to make what I need. I will
not statr yet because I want to do one project at a time, and I am
busy with the mill. Maybe next spring.

i

On 2010-08-15, Ignoramus7071 wrote:
After much thinking, I have decided to go with this motor:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=310054176832

It is 8.9 RPM, so it needs to be geared down only about 3:1.

I looked more closely at the steel that I have, and found a good about
of what looks like 12-14 gauge sheetmetal.

I must have been drunk. What I meant was "found a lot of what looks
like...";

So I think that I just might have enough to make what I need. I will
not statr yet because I want to do one project at a time, and I am
busy with the mill. Maybe next spring.

i

Ignoramus7071 wrote:

After much thinking, I have decided to go with this motor:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=310054176832

It is 8.9 RPM, so it needs to be geared down only about 3:1.

I looked more closely at the steel that I have, and found a good about
of what looks like 12-14 gauge sheetmetal.

So I think that I just might have enough to make what I need. I will
not statr yet because I want to do one project at a time, and I am
busy with the mill. Maybe next spring.

i

I would suggest that 3 RPM is too fast to rotate a decent sized pig. 1
RPM would be a better target speed.

Ignoramus7071 wrote:

On 2010-08-15, Ignoramus7071 wrote:
After much thinking, I have decided to go with this motor:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=310054176832

It is 8.9 RPM, so it needs to be geared down only about 3:1.

I looked more closely at the steel that I have, and found a good about
of what looks like 12-14 gauge sheetmetal.

I must have been drunk. What I meant was "found a lot of what looks
like...";

So I think that I just might have enough to make what I need. I will
not statr yet because I want to do one project at a time, and I am
busy with the mill. Maybe next spring.

i

When you design your roaster, consider two charcoal troughs, with a gap
in the middle for fat to drip through into a catch tray below. At some
point in the pig roast all the subcutaneous fat liquefies and will be
dripping out, and if it drips onto the charcoal you get nasty flames.

"Ignoramus7071" wrote in message
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After much thinking, I have decided to go with this motor:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...m=310054176832

It is 8.9 RPM, so it needs to be geared down only about 3:1.

I looked more closely at the steel that I have, and found a good about
of what looks like 12-14 gauge sheetmetal.

So I think that I just might have enough to make what I need. I will
not statr yet because I want to do one project at a time, and I am
busy with the mill. Maybe next spring.

i

I have learned one thing from welding. It don't matter how many projects
you have going. What matters is how many you finish. I learned that in
business, and when I concentrated on cranking stuff out and getting jobs
completed, it worked a lot better than having a lot of stuff in the
pipeline, and adding new jobs. Sometimes I forget, but when I remember, and
focus, and get one job done at a time, it is remarkable the difference it
makes.

Steve

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