DIY Stir Plate

Threw this together in about 2 hours and it works awesome. Can't wait to do my first starter with it!

Hey, no fair. Yours looks much more stylish than mine!!!

Any speed control on it?

That looks super slick. Did you follow build instructions or just do it on your own?

Thanks! I watched a couple of YouTube videos on other peoples builds. Luckily, I had most of the parts at my job. I'm going to install a speed control tomorrow. Turns out, a speed control is more of a necessity than a feature. Sometimes it takes a few tries to get the stir bar spinning.

Classy design, love it.

Thank you! If anyone is interested, I can post a parts list and instructions.

I bpught a speed controller and never actually installed it. When I went to buy a wall wart, the only thing they had in stock was a variable voltage model. Instant speed controller. Mine generally stirs correctly at 3 volts on a 12V fan.

Oh that's cool. I didn't even know they made variable voltage warts. I'll definitely look for one. One less hole to drill. Lol

Very nice looking stir plate. Much better looking than my Radio Shack project box...

Huntinsoldier said:

Thank you! If anyone is interested, I can post a parts list and instructions.

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I'm interested!

petey_c said:

Very nice looking stir plate. Much better looking than my Radio Shack project box...

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Thank you! Really, it's just the result of scrounging around work for spare parts. Lol. It just happened to look kind of cool when it was done. Lol.

TuttleCreekBrewing said:

I'm interested!

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Joo got it mane. Coming up!

For those trying to figure out what to do for an enclosure, this is the closest I could find to a square box that would work.

http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/item/1598-BSGY/GREY-CHASSIS-CASE-5.26-X-5.3-X-2/1.html

It is a nice compact size, shipping was reasonable, and they had all the parts needed except for the 25 ohm potentiometer.

I'm still working on mine.

william_shakes_beer said:

I bpught a speed controller and never actually installed it. When I went to buy a wall wart, the only thing they had in stock was a variable voltage model. Instant speed controller. Mine generally stirs correctly at 3 volts on a 12V fan.

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I used the same thing. Different reason though. Radio shack was out of the speed control I wanted when I was buying my parts so I came up with the variable voltage wall plug as a substitute on the fly. It is nice. Less wiring and less cost. :rockin: