Thanks! I figured mine out with a little bit of thought. The metal plates the magnets were adhered to had mounting holes that I could drive a correctly sized bolt through to break the seal and the magnets hold to the metal beneath.
Awesome tutorial. This might get build this weekend.
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Just be careful using that method as the magnets will break easily if you apply too much force through them. Hitting them from the side works every time.
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As for the stir bar, my LHBS only had a 1" bar. I'm waiting to get my 2" bar to test it out with that one... With the 1", it spun quite well, however I'd like to pull the cone further down the flask, which should be easy with a 2".
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You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.
--Frank Zappa
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I gotta tell ya, just between us girls, that Revvy is HOT. Very tall, gorgeous grey hair and a terrific smile. He's very good looking in person, with a charismatic personality... he drives like a ****ing maniac!
Our Avatars don't help either... It was from our first yeast pitch into our first home brewed beer... Thats back when we weren't adjusted to the smell of boiling wort...
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I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.
--Tom Waits
You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.
--Frank Zappa
One change i would make to your wiring is to connect the middle terminal on the Potentiometer to the unused one. all this would do is allow the stir plate to function if the Potentiometer fails. It would run with no resistance - AKA full speed
I am having trouble getting my fan placed in my housing, the fan has a bit of give to them so it pulls up and hits the inside of my case. I'm sure ill figure it out at some point.
Thanks for the build instructions
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Is the fan from a computer? If you look at my pictures, using the 8/32 or 10/32 bolts should keep it from moving around. If you are using a similiar project enclosure, I would suggest drilling out the hole pattern in the aluminum plate to give some more rigidity to your enclosure and fan.
Good luck with the project!
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I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.
--Tom Waits
You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.
--Frank Zappa
Thanks alot for your specific instructions. Just finished mine and the stir plate works like a charm. Only thing I did differently was tinker with the height of the fan.
Again thank you for you patient and your dedication to share information.
The fan placement will always vary depending on where you get your magnets from. Glad to hear it worked out for you!
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I'd rather have a bottle in front of me, than a frontal lobotomy.
--Tom Waits
You can't be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline - it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.
--Frank Zappa
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