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unfy:
Craig's list has a clothes dryer in millard for $30.

Take the motor and heating element out of it --

The motor, if it's 110, i'd like to use to spin a drum of some kind (either the dryer drum or a 5g bucket or something).

The heating element assuming it's electric ? melting metal possibly.

The metal shell ? powder coat oven ?


I don't have a 2 wheeler / hand truck / dolly.  Sooooo can't exactly go fetch it at the moment :(.  Might borrow one from work.

FarmerRick:
That dryer will be 240v.   


I was thinking of an electric smoker, the "mini-fridge" sized ones like a Masterbuilt(I have one, but you ain't getting it... ;))

Something like this, but I don't think it could handle 400* F and seems like it would be too small.

unfy:
Mini fridges aint bad.  Ties in to the RV ovens, too.

As far as the smoker - wood can ignite around 400F IIRC so it's unlikely to hit that. I think ? Hmmm.

As far as dryer motor - I've heard that the motors can be 110 - that generally everything is 110 except when temp is set to 'high' and that the elements then get fed 220.


Listening to state of the union.  Ugh :(

unfy:
I'll be picking up the dryer tomorrow.

Sincerely hoping it'll turn out to be a decent shell for the PC oven.  And hoping the drum motor is 110v for other things (a ball mill / rock polisher like thing is the target).

I'll have to eyeball the internals of the dryer concerning 110 vs 220 stuff (assuming it's electric).  If it's true that it only hits the elements with 110 on 'low' cooling - I wonder how hot it gets without the fan going (ie: PC heating element ?).  Whatever. Figure it out all over the weekend - or at least start to.  Got that other project going on too.

unfy:
Have dryer.  It's in good shape, almost hate to destroy it.  It is indeed electric.  Hopefully tonight or tomorrow I'll start taking it apart.  In the mean time - there is nomming to be done and firebrick to be grooved for aluminum melting furnace.

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