The Stig wrote:Look who’s getting all fancy and arty now he’s got nice welder :laughing-rolling:
hjubm2 wrote:Looks like a not too bad idea, I'm just wondering if the arms being vertical will pass through the grain instead of turning it? If i was doing it that way I'd use that as the arms & screw on some sheet metal or something to make a kind of screw to help turn/disturb the grain. How will you go getting down to the bottom with a curved false bottom? As far as I can tell it looks like you'll have to get the grain on the false bottom moving as well otherwise it will become matted... just my thoughts...
I'm not sure what torque would be required but I'm not sure a rotisserie motor would be powerful enough unless you use one from a spit or similar with a higher torque. Can always gear it for more torque I guess, doesn't need to move too fast.
RuddyCrazy wrote:The easiest way I reckon to measure the temp would be to use some DS18B20 temp sensors :handgestures-thumbupleft: one can buy them in a SS can with a 3 metre lead and totally waterpoof :laughing-rolling: I'm sure one can even lcd readouts to suit them but also a few lines of code and a 7" tft touch screen is a much better way to go.
Just use pipe for the centre shaft on the auger and put the wires in the pipe hole and weld on tubes at the height you want for the temp sensor to sit in :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Cheers Bryan
hjubm2 wrote:RuddyCrazy wrote:The easiest way I reckon to measure the temp would be to use some DS18B20 temp sensors :handgestures-thumbupleft: one can buy them in a SS can with a 3 metre lead and totally waterpoof :laughing-rolling: I'm sure one can even lcd readouts to suit them but also a few lines of code and a 7" tft touch screen is a much better way to go.
Just use pipe for the centre shaft on the auger and put the wires in the pipe hole and weld on tubes at the height you want for the temp sensor to sit in :handgestures-thumbupleft:
Cheers Bryan
If I've read this correctly your saying to have the thermometers mounted to the shaft of the auger/mixer? Won't that cause problems since the centre shaft would spin with the motor...?
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