jeff wrote:

> Now there's a cool idea. It's a bit late for me to get into it this season,
> but a 4, 6, or 12 bottle centrifuge would be an interesting
> concept--although, even though the concept is easy to visualize, I'm
> wondering about the logistics of engineering such a thing withouth creating
> an imbalance at high rpm. The bottles would have to be filled exactly or
> there would be severe speed wobble. Or there would need to be an adjustable
> balance on the arms to fine tune it.
>
> I'm visualizing something that holds 4 bottles on gimbals, with an electric
> motor (small), so that the centrifuge allows the bottles to adjust into the
> horizontal position as the rpm increases. As the motor slows, the gimbals
> allow the bottls to settle. When rpm is zero, the bottls hang vertical.
>
> Hey, maybe an old ceiling fan motor. Low rpm, for an extended period of
> time.

The washing machine tub and sheetmetal enclosure have the advantage of
being a reasonably good safety containment vessel in case a bottle lets
loose. I'm concerned your ceiling fan model would be a safety
concern.... we could nickname it "The Flinger".

Slower rotation speed for a longer period of time will work, but why
wouldn't you opt for the washing machine spin cycle speed?

Gene
>
> I think this could easily become a topic outside this post.
>
> Jeff
>
> "patrick mcdonald" > wrote in
> message ...
>
>>Jeff,
>>With that small amount of wine and large lees volume, consider
>>centrifuging the lees down to extract as much wine as possible. Tom S had
>>insight on this awhile ago and I've since bought an old clothes washer and
>>hard wired it to spin only. I haven't converted the pulleys to spin faster
>>or remove the brake (much better results would ensue) but an hour or so in
>>the basket (in containers, of course) settles out a significant amount of
>>useable wine to top off after losing so much in the racking operation.
>>
>>
>> Patrick
>>
>>"jeff" > wrote in message
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