For those of you who have made your own plucker- what rpm?

[cmohlin89]

I've been gathering things for a whizbang style plucker and am trying to kind of make do with what is available without buying anything brand new. I have a 1hp 1725 rpm motor, a 2 inch drive pulley and an 11 inch driven pulley. If my math is right, that should gear it down to 313 rpm. Is that too fast?

 

[Egghead_Jr]

Maybe. I've read 150 to 300 is the range and folks shoot for around 250. I don't know if 300+ bruises a bird or not. You could try it and see or get a 1.5 inch drive pulley to reduce to 235 RPM.

 

[Fat Daddy]

Thats exactly what I used on mine. It works amazingly well!