Powered homemade bead roller and slip rolls

Hi All
At last the bead roller is operational under power.

The original motor was a sewing machine clutched motor which was difficult to control at a constant low speed. So had to go back to the drawing board. There didn’t seem too many options and the cost would be high to source a motor and gear box and I would be stuck with a single speed.

I was a little concerned about buying an alternative sewing machine motor but was interested in the servo motors that are reasonable price and come with a speed controller. so took a chance and purchased one. I am so pleased and impressed with the motor and control.

I have posted a video to show the motor arrangement to power both the bead roller and slip rolls.

https://youtu.be/uAvD7RAxVHs

This is a 1HP motor

Hope this will be of interest.
The Home Engineer

Thanks thehomeengineer! We've added your Powered Bead Roller to our Bead Rollers category,
as well as to your builder page: thehomeengineer's Homemade Tools. Your receipt:

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Beautiful work.