Taznado

[KGuardian]

So the Radio Shacks in my area are going out of business and I figured this would be a good time to do a little weekend project. I decided to get some things to make myself a stir plate for mixing my recipes. A project box, fan, switches, wiring, etc. I figured if it was a failure I didn't lose but $6.58 on the parts plus the cost of the stir bars from Amazon. In total, it would be roughly $15 to make it. It works with 30ml on up to larger bottles or other glass/plastic containers and it does an excellent job. I'm mixing my Candy Apple Splash recipe in the 30ml bottle pictured below. When Taz is finished doing it's thing in a 30ml or any small neck bottle, I use a magnet to guide the stir bar up and out. Works perfectly. I can adjust the speed from a nice smooth funnel to an erratic out of control funnel and everything in between. I love my Taznado. It was a fun project and I even created a label for the front plate

Pictures aren't the greatest.....taken with my cell phone.

 

[CDroverNL]

Nice job!

 

[NGAHaze]

Great job!

Where's the parts list?

 

[KGuardian]

Nice job!

Great job!

Thank you

Where's the parts list?

Right here in no particular order

• 8" x 6" x 2.5" Project Box
• 12v DC Power Supply and matching input jack for installing on the back of the project box. I used an old router power supply.
• 120mm 12v DC PC Fan
• Rheostat or Potentiometer and knob
• Extra wire... 18, 20, 22 guage....either will work fine. Even good speaker wire would work
• Lighted toggle switch though this can be left out. I just added it for the fun of it
• Bar shaped rare earth magnets
• Various size magnetic stir bars
• Adhesive rubber bumper pads for the bottom of the project box
• Soldering iron and solder
• Screws to fasten the fan in the project box
• Spacers for the fan so it sits up off of the deck of the project box and is closer to the underneath of the top of the box
• Drill and drill bits
• Photo paper and a printer for the label on the faceplate

I think that's it