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Date: 25 Feb 2007 12:28:03
From: JR
Subject: stir crazy driving me crazy
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I have put together a stir crazy + convection top roaster. I replaced
the plastic nut on the stir crazy with a metal one as suggested.
First roast, I hit a major snag.
The plastic shaft under the nut melts down. The nut falls off and the
stir crazy stops stirring.
I have tried refastening it once. Result was the same - more loss of
plastic and failure.
Has the spec for the stir crazy changed? Do other people have a
plastic motor shaft? Am I missing something?
Thanks!
JR
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Date: 25 Feb 2007 18:48:05
From: pheasant
Subject: Re: stir crazy driving me crazy
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"JR" <realdoctor@my-deja.com > wrote in message
news:1172435283.496758.215330@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> I have put together a stir crazy + convection top roaster. I replaced
> the plastic nut on the stir crazy with a metal one as suggested.
> First roast, I hit a major snag.
>
> The plastic shaft under the nut melts down. The nut falls off and the
> stir crazy stops stirring.
I pulled the plastic drive shaft out, and put a 3/8x2 bolt in place of it.
Unlike the pic of the mod on the link from the other poster, I just put a
couple steel spacers on top of the socket to keep it aligned. After I did
all that, a friend who gave me the idea to build one simply covered the
plastic nut/shaft with a copper pipe cap and has had no trouble. Also said
he knows people that just balled up aluminum foil and covered it
successfully.
HTH
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Date: 26 Feb 2007 16:22:07
From: Espressopithecus (Java Man)
Subject: Re: stir crazy driving me crazy
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In article <19udnVtlVf_Ss3_YnZ2dnUVZ_q2pnZ2d@midco.net >, kiavan02
@yahoo.com says...
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>
> . . . a friend who gave me the idea to build one simply covered the
> plastic nut/shaft with a copper pipe cap and has had no trouble. Also said
> he knows people that just balled up aluminum foil and covered it
> successfully.
>
These were among the recommended mods to the SC ~ 2.5 years ago when I
"assembled" my SC/TO roaster, and I did both -- foil covering a metal
wingnut, both protected by the copper pipe cap. My rig has been going
strong for 2.5 years, roasting an estimated total of ~ 140 lb of green
in that time. No need to replace the plastic shaft yet, but some day .
. .
Rick
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Date: 25 Feb 2007 20:34:52
From: Robert Harmon
Subject: Re: stir crazy driving me crazy
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Howdy JR!
Replace the cheesy plastic shaft with a metal bolt. See:
http://biobug.org/coffee/turbo-crazy/
--
Robert (Gig 'em!) Harmon
http://tinyurl.com/pou2y
http://tinyurl.com/psfob
http://tinyurl.com/fkd6r
"JR" <realdoctor@my-deja.com > wrote in message
news:1172435283.496758.215330@k78g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>I have put together a stir crazy + convection top roaster. I replaced
> the plastic nut on the stir crazy with a metal one as suggested.
> First roast, I hit a major snag.
>
> The plastic shaft under the nut melts down. The nut falls off and the
> stir crazy stops stirring.
>
> I have tried refastening it once. Result was the same - more loss of
> plastic and failure.
>
> Has the spec for the stir crazy changed? Do other people have a
> plastic motor shaft? Am I missing something?
>
> Thanks!
>
> JR
>
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