Hello all,
I am thinking about upgrading to a Renzetti. The Pacbay I have now has the variable speed foot control as well as an attached 9 rpm drying motor that takes over when the belt is moved to its pulley. I really like having this combination on 1 setup.
My question - Have any of you modified a Renzetti to be a combination wrapper/dryer?

Jon Hood

I have had several folks use one of these DC motor setups for their Renzetti.

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This setup uses a 24 volt small DC 1000 rpm motor for both wrapping as well as drying. The motor will slow down nicely and give good low speed control for drying - with no need to change belts or similar.

The setup uses a 20 volt DC power supply, along with a DC motor speed control module in conjunction with a non spring loaded foot pedal, so that the speed will remain constant with the foot off of the pedal.

There are also setups that use both a foot pdeal, and a switch on the control box to switch to a hand dial on the control box to exactly dial in the speed of the slow turning rod. These setups also incorporate a reverse switch in the control box so that whenever needed, the switch can be flipped, the motor backed up, and then the direction switch flipped again to resume normal wrapping and or drying direction of the unit.

Good luck

p.s.
Here is a video of a wrapper power unit that I made several years ago. It uses a DC motor, power supply, reversing switch on a movable cord and box - and both a hand dial for speed control as well as a foot pedal for speed control:

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I have a clemens Lathe with a drying motor attached that you just move belt to engage dryer, Had help from roger wilson building the DC power system so unit is fully reversable
Bed is 11 ft I can build and dry surf rods

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Edited 5 time(s). Last edit at 11/16/2017 10:35PM by Barry Thomas Sr.

We have published a couple articles in the magazine on how to rig a dryer motor to the Renzetti. It's not hard to do. Pretty straight forward.

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I recommend using separate equipment for rod finishing and rod building this way you can perform multi tasks. Wrapping rod while , drying others time is money.



Rich Kline Custom Rods

I have spare dryers and the ATC wrapper that I use for drying when I build multiple rods simultaneously. I just want the option to go from applying finish to drying mode by moving the belt - a similar setup as the ATC.
I am thinking about using the drying motor setup from the ATC and mount it to the Renzetti (if the belt will work on that pulley).
Tom, do you recall what issues of the magazine these articles were published?

Jon Hood

Hello Jon.

I found 3 articles on adding dryers, there may be more but here is what I found with a quick search.
V-7, I-3, pg-16 / V-16, I-1, pg-24 / V-17, I-3, pg-18.(That's Volume-Issue-Page).

Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.

Bob,

New Bern, NC.

Thanks Bob!
Any other comments or advice would be great!

Jon Hood

Hello Jon.

Had a Doctors appointment.

Of the three listed the 16-1-24 & the 7-6-16 have the best instructions, the 17-3-18 looks better but is a lot more hands on work and the instructions (In my opinion) leave a lot to be desired.
I would look at both the 16-1-24 & the 7-6-16, they are basically the same with only a few changes in the area of bracketing.
If you can only look at one the 16-1-24 is the one I would use.

Hope this helps. Tight Wraps & Tighter Lines.

Bob,

New Bern, NC.