EL wire eye candy

Step 13 But wait, there's more.....

I was still not satisfied with (a) the excessive wobble and (b) the overall crudeness of the setup, with several different subunits to assemble every time. So, I went back to PVC pipe for the main tube. The motor is now enclosed in PVC fittings, with a 3" end cap on top mounted securely to the motor casing. the motor shaft is connected to a short piece of thin-wall 3" PVC drainpipe. The "bell" or flare on this pipe is just larger than the diameter of the motor housing. There's a 3" connector between the motor assembly and the main tube, which is removable. The sequencer and EL power supply are now located at the bottom of the main tube, which is capped by another removable 3" cap with a hole for the switch.

This new design is much more self-contained and attractive -- it's now a single unit (except for the separate power supply for the motor). The motor assembly can be detached as needed, and the motor itself is completely enclosed. Best of all, the rigid structure virtually eliminates wobble, so now I can run it at almost any speed.