ArtMetal

OK, I finally got the pics of the wheel and the keeper. These are all the pics I could get.

The one is of the wheel to hold the pasta as it goes from the hopper to the conveyor.  It is made of #10 ga (0.135) t-304 S.S. sheet, cut and welded.  Then bead blasted.

The other is a keeper to be mounted sideways on one side of the wheel.  Made from a block of UHMW plastic 6-1/2" x 10" x 4" thick.  This will keep the pasta from falling out as the wheel turns.  With the tabs sticking out from the cups on the wheel, and the grooves cut into the keeper, they will never need to contact each other and will still keep the 4-1/2 inch long strings of angel hair pasta in the cup as it turns.

Well, my pictures didn't come thru.  Not sure why.  Too large, maybe?  had a glitch as I was loading them in that the box said there was a problem when it got done, but I thought that they were done before that came up, so I didn't write it down to remember it.

Will try again after a re-boot.

Rick Crawford at Smoky Forge