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Canadian Rust Bucket
I've been needing, or rather, have had a desire for a paint shaker. Going to be spraying a metallic green, and if not mixed from time to time it wants to settle out and changes the look of the color as you go. So..I looked at what was available locally, 250 bucks and up for a commercial unit. Nope that's not going to cut it, time to see what can be converted from scrap to a treasure. I have a left over base from an old chopsaw, yeah I can make that work. (The top half was already incorporated into an earlier project.) The base has a screw clamp with the quick disconnect...bonus! Rooted around the scrap box and found a couple of steel plate discs for ends of the pail clamp. Not sure where they came from? Of course no project would be complete without a bit of angle from a bed frame. Had a couple of bearings on hand, needed to buy 4 more, along with a sprocket, a couple of weld collars for the sprockets, already had one. Shaft, (bolt shanks with the head and thread portion cut off.) And a bit of flat strap that I keep on hand. Didn't get pictures of the whole process, just the start and finish. Once I got rolling, I just kept going. But the whole works is a rather simple affair, and easy enough to build something simular if you take the notion. The reason for this particular design is so I can bolt it down to the drillpress base and hook up to the drill chuck and let it do it's thing while I get something else ready. The drill press at it's lowest speed and a 2 to 1 reduction works out to a decent speed for the shaker. With a fresh battery and wide open, a hand held drill is to fast and it would soon shake itself to death. Variable speed drill works great, or a slow drill press.
Pic 1, 2 and 3. The old base, stripped down, holes and slots welded up.
Pic 4 Shows the underside, a bit of bracing and the lower bearings.
Pic 5 End of clamp rail.
Pic 6 Overall view,
Pic 7 Paint can loaded and drill attached.
Pic 8 Clamp end, 9 Other end.
Pic 10 Shaken up a storm!!
Just need a shield over the chain drive, and it will be declared done. Ta-da!!
Pic 1, 2 and 3. The old base, stripped down, holes and slots welded up.
Pic 4 Shows the underside, a bit of bracing and the lower bearings.
Pic 5 End of clamp rail.
Pic 6 Overall view,
Pic 7 Paint can loaded and drill attached.
Pic 8 Clamp end, 9 Other end.
Pic 10 Shaken up a storm!!
Just need a shield over the chain drive, and it will be declared done. Ta-da!!
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