BJ Conner wrote:

One of the coolest rod turners I have seen or heard of used water. A
friend used a circle of ethafoam with two plastic plates stapled to
each side. In between were small plastic cups the kind they give you
for medicine. There was a hole in the center of the ethafoam for the
rod handle.
For "bearings" he started out using some ice cube trays and scotch 33
tape around the rod shaft. He had a kitchen sink with a faucet high
enough to let the water drip into the cups and slowly turn the thing.
I have always wanted to make one just to test the stability of the
domestic tranquillity. It should be possible here in Oregon to use the
rain to run one. It doesn't get cold enough to kill all the bugs so the
guide finishings could have some interesting decorations.

That is one of the coolest things I've read on ROFF in a long time. It's
the solution to the challenge: Build a rod turner with available
materials for a cost of $0.00.

The essence of the solution is the source of power.

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