Now I need two of those wheels, one with the holders sitting along the wheel surface, so you can shove it in a bucket of water and wash six cartos, then the normal one to dry and fill
I did some cart filling using the 8-up spinner wheel this weekend. Used the Cart Condom Refill (CCR) method and then spun'em. I do like my spinner to get the excess out of the hole and off the thread. But, I do not believe that you can really get much more into the cart after spinning - maybe an extra drop or two at the most. Here is what I did.
1. Filled using CCR method and made sure that I didn't stop until I got a steady stream of juice with virtually no air bubbles. Just like bleeding brake fluid on a car. Once you get non-bubbly stream you know there is no more room in the cart.
2. I spun all carts at high speed. By the way, high speed on a corded drill is about 3 times faster that high speed in a cordless drill. This worked great to rid the cart of all excess juice in the hole and on the threads.
3. Then I popped the top on a few of them and was able to only get in one drop (if that) after spinning.
I believe the ticket to filling Carts using CCR is keep pushing in fluid until just get an overflow stream void of most air bubbles. In order to do this, one must have an almost full cap of juice. If this is done, not spinning is necessary one must only let them sit upright for a while.
The spinner worked great for drying carts. I boiled about 30 the carts for a while and then spun them dry, and was able to refill some of them immediately. I really screwed up though....
WARNING - DO NOT BOIL END CAPS. IT WILL RUIN THEM. I shriveled up about 20 of them. Boiling does not adversely affect the carts or the middle plugs but shrinks the end caps.
Tanner, I have thought about cleaning the carts by spinning them in a bucket. I will mount each fuse clip on its own small rectangular plate and then attach the plates to the spinner disk with one center hole in the plate. Then I can simply rotate the cart to either the wash position (perpendicular to the disk radius) or the spin cycle position (parallel to the radius). I'll use a thumbscrew or wing nut for quick rotation and tightening.
