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#1 ·
Yeah-I know it's way too early to be thinking about building rods and tying flies, but..........

I just saw a whole bunch of little 4.5 rpm AC motors at You-Do-It Electronics in Newton- and for $4.90!!!
 
#5 ·
Jeff,

Those exact motors are no longer for sale. Although, when I get by rump in gear I am still planning on mounting up one of the motors and giving one to you. Maybe we can get together and tie in late November and I can give it to you then.

For anyone else interested in the site where I bought these motors go to:

http://www.sciplus.com/category.cfm?subsection=18

They do have a few appropriate motors for $2.00 or so.

Tie away...

Mike
 
#6 ·
Just spoke w/ CJ at American Science & Surplus (web link on Mike Doogue's post above). Tremendously helpful!

Ordered a couple of clock motors - will use one for a fly drying wheel, another for rod wheel. Will report back on how they peform. At $2.25 per they could be just the ticket...
 
#8 ·
BBQ rotisserie(sp) motors

Guys,

I have been all over this site in my prep for the trip out there and I stumbled across this old thread. Having just tied up a few of my first epoxy head flies (we don't use them too much for steelhead) I was puzzling over turning them to dry. It didn't take long for me to go to my rod curing motor.

My motor is a BBQ rotisserie motor, I mounted it on a block of wood, shaped a square dowl to fit into the motor and inside the rod blank - voila a free drying motor! I have used the same motor for rod building for 20 years. To convert it into an epoxy head dryer all I did was take a short piece of old rod blank and jam a cork ring on it to impale with the hook. It works great and the price is definitely right as you can find them everywhere.
 
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