homemade cotton candy-machine 2

people have been asking for a closer look on the spinning thing in the mittle of my cotton candy-machine so here it is!

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[mads9621]

sounds great! i agree that the best would be to heat the can like in a real cotton candy machine. but i think it's hard - so good luck:)

[mads9621]

the holes in mine is approx 0.75-1 mm, and that works good. i don´t think, you will need to take out the motor of a drilling machine just use the drilling machine and cover the "exposed" parts so it won´t be covered in sticky sugar. but it´s a good idea to use a drilling machine, because a fan does not have enough rpm´s to force the sugar through the holes, before it solidifies.

[JDBlackcap]

@KoryWazHere use a blow torch

[amm687]

can you make video how to make a candy cotton machine

[fantastichumore]

nice! i build a small one! must see!

[KoryWazHere]

@mads9621

Before taking appart the drill I remembered that I have an old weed wacker that is obsolete (I can't get the coil for it anymore so we had to buy a new one). On the pluss side this means I have one mean motor for the next cotton candy machine :D

Will be doing this one outside just in case it's WAY TOO POWERFUL. And will be wearing protection ;P

Still trying to figure out the best way to heat the can though

[luke22p]

thanks

[KoryWazHere]

Looking good.

Do you know if the hole size matters? I made one last night with an old fan and a mint tin. I got 1 glorious swirl of cotton candy before the sugar solidified and the motor seized up.

Going to do the next one with an old drill motor and I need to find a way to heat the tin. No idea how I'm going to do that. Would love to know if you find a solution without buying a blowtorch ;-P