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I took the liberty of offering a modification to the spinner gear as many modelers were disappointed with the spinner's heavy running. Unfortunately, I also couldn't spin the spinner handle safely. But I don't want to get rid of the whole beautiful and useful product. I changed some details of the mechanism and the spinner works great. Too bad it's not possible to increase the space for the spun water. The photo shows what changes I made. I removed the central drive wheel (black). For the small drive (red) I made a reduction for centering so that it wouldn't deflect axially. The biggest change was the clutch wheel (green), which got an extension with a hexagon on top (apparently more efficient considering the diameter of the axle). I drew the extension in Fusion and imported this piece onto the gear wheel in BBL. Then I connected it face to face with the top of the wheel axle in BBL. (I had to learn this a little). Everything worked out and the spreader is functional. The speed is perfectly fine, except that the handle is off center of the spreader. Instead of turning the crank harder, you will need to turn it a little faster. :) I guess it won't matter.

 

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