I want one of these bad boys but would rather build one. Anybody tried this or heard about it working/failing with DIY? I know MAAST has some great DIYers and thought I'd ask.
The housing could easily be drilled or even made from up from parts at a plumbing supply house.
The most difficult part that I see is sealing the hole in the top flange to the shaft of the motor without leaks or corrosion issues. The gear from the motor is bronze and is attached to a steel shaft that goes into the motor housing itself. The motor is not water proof either. So we need to figure out how the motor housing and shaft are sealed off from the water inside the main plastic housing that has the rotating drum. Is it an O-Ring around the drum that seals against the inside of the plastic housing that prevents water from getting around the drum to the shaft at the top of the drum where it attaches? How could we seal it off without introducing drag/friction on the drum to spin around slowly and divert the water into the outputs?
I just replaced the motor on my water softner and did some research on the motors which I found on-line for $27 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...=263602_263622
it is a small motor and the gear rotates very slowly and the housing looks identical to the pictures attached.
The attached picutres are courtesy of Oceans Motions web site.
closed loop current wave maker ocean motion
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