Shaft Machine: Wiring

Renaissance man, Jonathan W.  solved a vexing issue with the Shaft Machine yesterday.  The motor powering the unit is a Dayton gear motor.  It had 5 wires coming out of it.  I don't know what to do with that.
I had it working but only when I plugged it in and started it spinning.
Jonathan knows his electronics and picked up the right capacitor and parts and quickly got it functioning correctly.
It now has forward and reverse (by switch) !
He was also able to check its rotation speed with a device.  The mandril is spinning at 36 rpm and the bobbin shaft is spinning at 12 rpm.

He also tested the rpms of the Silver band saw.  With the sheave we installed, it has a blade speed of 1861 feet per minute.
Good to know.

We spun another test shaft of about three feet in length.  All is well.
This weekend we will spin our first full length carbon fiber shaft for testing.

Additional SUP paddles

The second batch of SUP paddles is ready to ship.
They have three types of handles.  Two are our Boxing-glove handles, a cherry version and a mahogany version.  The third type is a T handle that is pine with an oak dowel.
All of them are oiled and many coats of spar varnish were applied.
We will be visiting the camp at the end of August.

9 Sup paddles ready to ship