Quote Originally Posted by cyberdan View Post
What you just said is kind of what I thought. I could probably go out and buy what I am building, or convert my regular wire stripped for that $400 in parts you showed. Already have $200 invested in the one I am building. Pulleys and belts are not cheap.

Thanks
The 3 phase washing motor would be free to you from scrap as is the tread mill motor. It's the electronic boards that go faulty.

Personally I would repurpose a tread mill motor..

I agree belts of pulleys are expensive.

The last time I had parts cut the shop charged me $250.00, pulley was another $100.00, gasoline engine was a dump find, maybe $10.00 worth of welding rod.



To purchase a commercially made 14 inch centrifuge would have set me back thousands of dollars, when you can make your own for fraction of the cost it puts a smile on yer face.

Don't give up so easily, my father once told me that it would cost me to get an education but nothing to pack it around with me. A failed project is part of learning.