Paint Shaker

[Richie]

Hi All,
I'm sure you all have a normal d.i.y. drill so this is my paint shaker. A 25mm rubber walking stick end, a 6mm bolt nut and 2 washers, one for the internal and one for the external clamping of the rubber cup. Best of all only a couple of pounds to make, put it in you drill chuck and whizz around either on slow start or fast, work a treat and all that money you save you can buy another kit.
cheers
Richie

 

[1969]

That's a cracking idea Richie, might give that a try.
Only thought is though... how do you get round now without your walking stick

Cheers
Steve

 

[Richie]

That's a cracking idea Richie, might give that a try.

Only thought is though... how do you get round now without your walking stick



Cheers

Steve

I crawl mate. I was actually given this one off Mark Bennet so my stick is still intact mate.

 

[HansDig]

That's a great idea, Ritchie! One creative idea popped up in my mind but it wouldn't be proper to post pictures of it...LOL

 

[Nap]

Hi Guys

Interesting options here , I like Richie's version ....atm I am a hand and finger fella ....and I have a very muscular right arm ( cough )

Suppose if it works for you then that's fine

Off for a bit of wrist action ....( double cough )

Nap

 

[Wayneb]

Ritchie.....Thanks...You nailed it for me.
Sometimes those acrylic paints need some pretty aggressive shaking and because I have a bad shoulder I had been looking or thinking about some kind of simple shaker and didn't care for the ones I saw available for one reason or another. Anyway ,I have an old variable speed small hand scroll saw that I was thinking of using in some way and your screw and leg tip idea works perfect. I just fastened that setup to an old blade and it holds those little paint bottles perfect. It shakes the daylights out of those bottles and 10 seconds is all that needed. "It actually makes paint shaking fun again". Richie you can use that line if you decide to patent and market.
Hans.....I think you've been looking at too many sex toy catalogs..... …….not that there's anything wrong with that.
Nap.....Shame on you for that kind of talk;...."You a nasty boy"...….

Wayne

 

[Bob Black]

My solution. Nothing fancy but cheap and effective. My son-in-law refers to it as redneck engineering. I'll take that as a compliment

 

[theBaron]

Welcome to the Planet, Bob!
Yeah, one of the guys in our club made something along similar lines. He took an old jigsaw and found a small pistol-grip clamp that fit in the saw's blade clamp, and uses that to shake jars of paint.
I look forward to seeing what you're painting with that well-mixed paint!

Prost!
Brad

 

[Nap]

I put them in my partners bra and make her do a quick run around the block

Bet that's fun taking the paint out the holder ....lol

Nap

 

[Richard Baxter]

You're all mad.

 

[OldTaff]

Ah, but it's a fine madness, to be sure

 

[Airkid]

I saw a paint shaker gadget for sale at last year's Scale Model World - it was thirty-odd quid! I tape the bottles to the dog's tail and then threaten him with treats - you can buy a lot of treats for thirty quid. Explains why there's always hairs on my paint.

Phil

 

[Graham]

Go to oils and artists acrylic, no shaker needed...

 

[DEL]

I put them in my pockets and wait for my wife to shout at me.

 

[Airkid]

I put them in my pockets and wait for my wife to shout at me.

They must get well shaken then

 

[samson]

Do all these wonder gadgets not produce air bubbles when the paint is shaken?

For me, 'stirred, not shaken' (pardon, Mr. Bond) works best. Used simple stirrers (popsicle sticks, coffee stirrers, etc..) for years, finally invested $15.00 for one of the battery powered stirrers sold by Badger, Micro Mart, Trumpeter, etc..

I did find the wheel too wide for the types of bottles Vallejo and such come in, so bought a 2nd one ($10.) and filed the wheel to a smaller diameter. A couple of seconds stir and good to go, no bubbles.

Jim F

Great minds think the same did the same thing a couple years ago it worked great

 

[samson]

I was also given the idea to put a glass jewelry bead in the type bottles vallejo and etc have it is supposed to add to the mixing process while being shaken I haven’t tried it yet ? Was also told to stay away from any kind of steel balls ( let the games begin LOL )

 

[samson]

Hi All,
I'm sure you all have a normal d.i.y. drill so this is my paint shaker. A 25mm rubber walking stick end, a 6mm bolt nut and 2 washers, one for the internal and one for the external clamping of the rubber cup. Best of all only a couple of pounds to make, put it in you drill chuck and whizz around either on slow start or fast, work a treat and all that money you save you can buy another kit.
cheers
Richie
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Any chance of a pic of the inside ?

 

[Richie]

Ribbed for the paints pleasure

 

[samson]

Thanks for the pic