As some of you know, my wife an I are photographers. We do the bridal shows every six months or so. We usually go for a minimalist display. We went with a square display that has a center post coming out the top with a couple of back to back pictures spinning.
I took a piece of 1.5″ PVC pipe and cut slits in the top. I then broke the bottom off of an electric screwdriver and wired straight into the motor. I used a pipe clamp to squeeze the screw driver into the pipe. The bottom of the pipe has a floor drain on it to create a stable base. I then used a couple of 10 pound weights to hold it down.
I took to 5 gallon bucket stir sticks and pop riveted them together. I also pop riveted a spade bit in between the sticks. The spade bit then sticks down on to the screw driver.
I had an arduino lying around, so I used that with a custom shield to fire a relay for 7 milliseconds to rotate the motor. I also used a 12 volt regulater to kick the power down, even though the arduino can handle up to 20 volts I figured I would take it easy on the lil guy. I used one of my ryobi drill batteries to power the whole thing.
Here’s a video of the stand after construction:
Here’s the finished product:
Isn’t that awesome how I made it defy gravity in the video…hehehe.
I don’t have a lot of build pictures because I waited until the last minute to build it and didn’t take time to document anything…hehehe. 😛
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