maxman

I made a small star roller last year but have not tried it yet

 

The base is a plasma TV stand and is quite heavy giving it a sturdy platform

 

It is driven by an old windscreen wiper motor

 

 

I added a power switch and a variable speed control which I got from ebay and mounted it all in the little plastic box you see here and thenput a knob on the potentiometer.

 

 

 

 

 

All All the wiring is buried under the plastic of the stand and between the metal seen in a picture above

 

 

and finally a video in use with some no10 lead shot as cores. Sorry about the big pictures.

 

http://www.pyrobin.c...ar Roller_2.wmv Not sure how to make this embedded

 

Rod

Merry Christmas and a happy new year to everyone. Lets hope 2014 has good things in store

 

Rod

Very nice! Looked like the rocket didn't get great height though. Did you design it like that? How much delay did you use? It looked like 2 seconds from ignition to burst. I like about 4 seconds on a 4oz  and longer on 1lb. Great header though!

 

Rod

im a carpenter by trade, and i can confirm, if is a green colour then its been "tanalized" and most properly contains arsenic compounds , i have a wood burner at home and they recommend you dont burn it, so i dont .although ive worked with treated timbers for structural roof members, no colour but strong odour, with the recommendation one, wears gloves/ washes their hands afterwards.
so id give it a miss myself

Yeah I was in B&Q a while back and a guy wanted some "green treated" timber cuting but they wouldn't do it for him (health and safety)

Maxman