Many people would like to make cotton candy on their own at home, since it can be quite difficult to find it on sale. Is it possible to create an apparatus for making it at home?
Sample list of materials
For a small enough cotton candy machine, you need a few essential components. First of all, you need a base - metal or wood. The entire structure of the machine will be fixed on it. The base, or body, should have holes along the edges into which studs are hammered or cylinders welded.
You need an engine. Its power determines the size of all other parts of the apparatus, since the more powerful the engine, the larger the apparatus. You can use an engine from a tape recorder or a washing machine.
It is necessary for sugar that heats up during cooking, a sufficiently capacious bowl. Since it will heat up, the material must be safe and not melt from high temperatures.
The last necessary element is the power supply. It can be anything - a battery or a 220V network.
This design reflects the manufacturing principle and can be modified and improved in any way desired.
Build process
The basis of a simple home apparatus for making cotton wool will be a board. On it, to secure the engine, carnations are driven in, but you can attach the engine with wire.
A simple tape-recorder motor with several holes and a small shaft is taken as the engine. The bowl is fixed on the shaft, and the slider is attached to the base using the holes.
The bowl is the most difficult element in the device for making cotton candy with your own hands. You can use small corks - from beer or ketchup. You can use cans of Pepsi, beer, and other drinks, provided they are cut straight. Any items are sanded to remove all paint.
After that, a hole is made in the middle and many small holes are punched along the perimeter. In the second plug, a small hole is made in the middle and 4 more along the perimeter.
Using a wire, both parts are connected together. The upper part has a large hole in the middle, and the lower one has many small holes around the perimeter. The finished bowl is fixed to the engine. Now, in order to make the first batch of cotton candy, you just need to power the engine with an old charger.
To do this, cut off the plug from the charger (so it doesn't matter what kind of charger the charger has) and strip the wires at the end. Connected to the motor, observing the polarity, included in the network. If the bowl moves without falling off, everything is done correctly.
Manufacturing process
You need sugar and a heat source. Sugar is poured into a bowl and heated to a fluid state. Then the device turns on and you can pick up thin cotton candy threads with a stick.
With high air humidity, a good product will not work. In this case, you can develop a structure with a cover.
A lot of cotton wool cannot be made with such a device, but it will be enough to please children on Sundays.
