Who's got an aqua forte auto feeder

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Slickangler

Posted 24/12/2007 14:36:21

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K, I was bored this morning so I ended up looking for something to tinker with.

who's got an Aqua forte auto feeder?

is it noisy?
does the control for distance not appear to work very well?

to quieten it down just take off the bottom plate where the rotor is.
then cut a piece of styro foam or pan scrub to fit the hollow in the end of the rotor.
leave it proud by 1 - 2mm then loosely screw on the plate again.
start the feeder and gently tighten the screws until the noise drops.
there is a lot of play in the bearing on the shaft so adjust the tightness of the screws
until it is at the quietest point.

to make the distance control more variable:
take out the 4 screws around the top
remove the 2 screws in the base of the hopper.
gently lift out the hopper.

remove the center wire from the variable resister.
get another 10k variable resister (any size upto 500k will do but it becomes more sensitive)
connect the center lug of the new resistor to the center lug on the original where you removed the wire from.
connect the original wire you took off the center lug to one of the outer lugs on the new resistor.
to calibrate it turn the distance control on the feeder down to its lowest point start the feeder
then slowly turn the new variable resister until the rotor turns slowly.
insulate the new resister etc and replace the hopper.
you will then have a more controllable feeder.
you could actually just replace the original distance control resister with a 15 - 20k pot which would be tidier
but I just used an old 500k pot I had taken out of one of my guitars.