Blender-wacker, A gas powered blender with electric start.

I had a Ryobi motor and a Dewalt electric drill that needed a project.

Step 1

Gather the parts.

Comments

[ravingking2008]

unlucky m8 . nice project but building stuff like this aint hre best way to keep ur fingers

[bobguerra]

maybe Drink gallons of Alchy the night before and just piss all over then wipe your hiny the goout for more when you feel the urge:D

[stubman]

Hummm.. do you know me? Why do you think they call me Stub? I can function quite well with 9.5 fingers! It's also just the right length and without a fingernail has been handy as a scratchless G-spot messager :-) Lets just say that chicks dig it! I can also do what I call stupid human tricks. I like to make people think I have a finger shoved up my nose and past the second knuckle. You should see the looks I get! It's a hoot at stoplights.

[ravingking2008]

ha ha wicked chap. i like your humour . sound

[lordsonny]

cool i think its cool

[robbtoberfest]

This is awesome! Even though I love solar energy and other alternative energy, there's just something special about small gas powered piston engines used in unique and fun ways like this. I was thinking of making a gas-powered flashlight/spotlight next summer.

[stubman]

How much more alternative can you get than using gas to power a blender! besides, it's all recycled shop junk :-) Gas powered flashlight... That's completely pointless. I LOVE it! Maybe you could "recycle" a backpack style leaf blower, spin a car alternator, then run a massive spotlight!

[stubman]

Oooo.. I had another idea! Build a hat with lights on the side sort of like one of those beer hats. Gives a new meaning to headlights. MOOHAHAHA! You might could sale them to deaf rednecks who deer hunt!

[bwpatton1]

ure mind is like a neclear reaction isnt it? thoughts just bouncin everywhere. Dont worry mine is too!! Pie..... Neclear Fision.....?????........ Hmm.....m.m.m.m.m.

[stubman]

Huh? I like pie!

[ehmbee]

I'd mount two rotating beacons on either side of the hat-you know, for safety.....like a forklift. M

[ehmbee]

Nice-I'm to try to adapt the freewheeling starter method to my lawn mower, as I'm tired of pull-starting that old sh*theap. If it works, I'll 'ible it. Yes I know there's a drill starter kit for it but it costs as much as a decent mower around here. M

[stubman]

The drill motor will just barely pull the small weedeater motor fast enough to crank it in the lowest gear. In high it doesn't have enough torque even though I'm using 12 volts on a 9 volt drill. Is it a Briggs motor? If so you may want to pick up an actual starter motor then rig something. (or even just get a starter style flywheel for it) The bike freewheel thing works great by the way. I think it would be plenty strong enough. Only thing is, if that chain breaks... well just imagine the destruction of it whipping around something soft like your leg at around 200MPH. Not to mention the shrapnel!

[ehmbee]

I just noticed your mention of the chain flying off-I'd build a guard for sure, and not some bicycle chain guard but a hand build one from heavy sheetmetal probably. Of course a motorcycle chain goes round and round plenty fast and does not fly off....could you freehweel a pulley somehow? then you could have a belt, and at worst, you'd lose a belt which is only a little worse than getting slapped by my gf :-) M

[ehmbee]

Well I know they make the kits for two types of Briggs engine only. You are most likely using a pretty beefy drill when you do that. I was thinking more of something on the lines of a large DC motor I have. It may even freewheel once the gas motor gets turning, negating the need for the whole elaborate setup. I know I could get a starter, but again they are for specific engines and not always made for what you have. And what fun would that be anyway?. Busted knuckles make a soul happy.....M

[ehmbee]

The only issue with the starter is that is also DC-not a major deal, the larger motor I have is an old Maytag washer motor, it's DC but wired to work off AC-I was looking to do something like I mentioned before, or a setup like most electric start snowblowers have now-you plug the starter into your AC outlet via your extension cord, start it, and pull out your plug and go. A small starter hooked up right could let me do that-but then it still has to be connected to the motor to start it-does a starter freewheel, or does it engage and disengage from a flywheel after you fire up the engine? I have to claim ignorance on this one.

[stubman]

A car starter works just like you said, engages and disengages from the flywheel The gizmo that makes it all work is called a bendix. It has a gear with a light spring that pushes it away from the flywheel teeth. So at rest, the bendix gear doesn't mesh with the flywheel. Under load from the starter, centrifugal force spins it up a screw , compressing the spring, and allows both gears to mesh. The screw shape also forces the bendix gear back down when the motor cranks and is spinning faster than the starter. I think I described that well. Search "starter bendix" for a pic.

[ehmbee]

Yeah, that acutually gives me a great visual, thanks. I guess the starters for briggs motors engage the flywheel at the base of the motor (on a vertical shaft motor).

[lukeyj15]

What about a small starter motor off a car from the junk yard?

[Newblit]

Luke that would be a great motor if you wanted a blender the size of one of those large water jugs lol. BTW there is no such thing as a small car motor lol. Car motors are a couple hundred pounds at the least. This would have to be used in my opinion for the worlds largest blender because again you are using a motor that's used to propel a two ton car 60 miles per hour easily lol.

[PCfreak]

or a idea of that nature was allready thought of On A Show Called BIG!
it aired on the Discovery Channel the series ended in 2004 Here's there link to it

http://www.tv.com/BIG!/Blender/episode/337501/summary.html (No Picures tho)

[lukeyj15]

You only use the motor to turn the weed wacker engine over

[Newblit]

O ok sorry about that that makes since now my bad lol.

[stubman]

Sure that would do it. One small thing is that a cars starter uses a bendix gear that moves into position to engage a flywheel. No big deal really but you have to find a flywheel that is balanced and has the correct tooth pattern to mate with the starter. I already had the drill as shop junk, and the flywheel,bendix design was more difficult to DIY out of junk.

[stubman]

True that! busted knuckles an all. It may like you said freewheel if it doesn't have a gear reduction of some sort and you disconnect the power. I wouldn't try using it as a generator to recharge either. You won't be able to easily control the voltage. Just not worth it. Use an older starter relay from a Ford $9ish that way it will completly disconnect the motor from battery. It might work then without loading the motor to much.

[ehmbee]

I think mine is set up to freewheel beyond it's operating RPM in the same direction. Basically I hate rope starting ANYTHING ('cause I'm like Baby Huey and break ropes) and I'm also not fond of ripping off extremities. I'm least fond of shelling out for a new, electric-start lawnmower, however. Yeah, it's a lot of math to come up with that equation..... M

[ehmbee]

I'm thinking of something more on the lines of a funny car starter-put it on, fire it up, pull it off. As long as it does not grab, I should be able to do that.

[jimbo333]

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[gnomedriver]

frogs also go well in blenders too

http://joecartoon.atom.com/cartoons/67-frog_in_a_blender

[stubman]

You two should get together and make a gumbo.

[mdeblasi1]

Wow, your margaritas taste like jet fuel; tell me, what is your secret?

[carrierpilot1357]

now were talking enviromentally friendly!

[I_am_Canadian]

This could give that guy who does those "will it blend" videos a run for his money!

[carrierpilot1357]

those will it blend videos are really funny! so is the "is it a good idea to microwave this?" show.

[pls]

lol:D

[lordofthedonuts]

If the electric motor freewheels when the engine is running how do you recharge the batteries ?

[stubman]

I haven't completly worked that out yet but I think I'm going to use the Dewalt charger. I may cut off the top of the battery so I have a plug that plugs into the Dewalt charger, then a cord from it that plugs into the battery pack.

[gnasty gnork]

LOL EPIC!!!!! 20 out of 5 stars!!!!!

[Rob K]

This is cool.

They do make a commercial version of a gas powered blender. They call it the Daiquiri Whacker but they dotn have the electric start.

[Padlock]

Hahaha. Awesome. +5 stars, defiantly.