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(DIY) Marrying a Royal Sovereign 1401CLTW and Rear Wind Up Assembly RSWU-1400A

CSOCSO

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Hi Everyone.
Here is a Do-It-Yourself write up about marrying an laminator with an incompatible rear wind up assembly.

I just bought my new 1401cltw laminator and it didn't come with the rear wind up assembly. Called my supplier and they sent me the RSWU-1400A that was listed on their website as compatible with 1401 and 1402 laminators.
After receiving the rswu something looked odd. i called Royal Sovereign directly and spoke to a tech and they told me that there is NO rear wind up assembly available for the 1401CLTW.
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I was really angry. If you ever worked with a laminator that has the rear wind up assembly you know that thing is a blessing.
Called my supplier. They looked in to it and called me back that they are really sorry and they will charge my card back and take care of the shipping.
I was like: Well, not so fast! I gotta make some calls!
I called RS again and asked the tech, how can I hook up the RSWU motor to the laminator. He said there is no connection for it like on other laminators but sometimes techs plug in the motor to a regular 110V to test it. So i could just hard wire it to a regular 110v power source. I asked the tech what about the speed settings? He said not to worry about that. The cable coming out from the motor is only for the power. It does not get signaled about any speed. There is only 1 speed to the motor and the clutch will take care of the rest.

So I went to Home depot and after $30 dollars of metal bracket, bolts and nuts I was ready to do some magic.


Whatever you do, do it on your own risk! I do not want to be responsible whatever happens to you or your equipment

What you need:
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1) Dremel or grinder ( not on the picture)
2)metal bracket (it needs to be 2" width and at least 7" long)
3)nylon lock nuts #10-24
4)machine screws #10-24 x 3/4 ( 1/2 might work too)
5)amp butt splices (12-10? not sure what is the number they go by. I was going by the visual size)
6) ft indoor extension cord. Something light weight with smaller diameter cords.
I bought the washer only for spacing but everything aligned up perfectly!

next step is to take off the side plastic panels. There are a few screws in the front and the back. nothing special.
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we will use this 3 unused holes - one of the hole is smaller than the other two. drill it bigger to match the other 2 holes.
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now take your metal bracket. Measure and mark 3.5". you need two of these
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mark, drill - the metal brackets are nearly the same width as the piece they need to attach to. So just attach them perfectly parallel
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For aesthetic purposes you should have the bolts face the other way around.
You will see later why
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mark your holes. Make sure you having the bracket sitting parallel to the little triangle piece which is like half an inch under the bracket.
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Once you have the marks measure one of the holes. Just one. Measure it from the shorter side and the longer side.
The left hole was 0.5 inch from the left longer side of the bracket. and around 3/4 inch from the top shorter side.
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Measure and mark the same hole for the other bracket. Make sure you work mirrored. Always double check how these brackets will sit and face.

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TO BE CONTINUE
 

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CSOCSO

I don't hate paint, I just overlay it.
Hold the other piece in place. Make sure you can see the only mark through the top hole
While keeping everything parallel with that little triangle mark the other holes.
Drill them out.
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Ready to assemble
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As I said. you need to drill that smaller hole
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And we are almost there! both end pieces are in place
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Now take off the cover of the motor
and you will see the cable that you need to splice and dice together with your extension cord.
MAKE SURE YOUR EXTENSION CORD IS NOT CONNECTED TO THE WALL OR ANY OUTLET!!!
I was told it does not matter what cord is connected to what cord. its not a DC motor.
I also zip tied it together so even if i yank on it it won't come apart
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When you put the cover back on. Make sure you connect the switch!
I didn't and surprisingly it didn't work when i switched it on. :)
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Also make sure none of the screws are actually lose.
There were 2 screws by the gears that was screwed in to the metal plate . I had to take off the motor and the gear to screw it back in! WOW......

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CSOCSO

I don't hate paint, I just overlay it.
Hold the plastic covers and mark them on both sides.
Dremel off 1/4 or 3/8
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voila!
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I had to switch up the bolts so they are face the same directions. You can also trim down your bolts so it won't get in the way if you need to press the STOP panic button.

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All done, ready to use.
I believe this can be attached to any laminator. All you need to figure out is what bracket you need and where you can secure it to.

IMPORTANT:
The wind up motor won't stop when you stop laminating since they are not connected. So every time you stop the laminator you need to reach back and switch off the wind up reel also.


 

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boxerbay

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AWESOME!!!

MADE IN THE USA. haha.

The only thing that worries me is the brackets you used might be a bit thin and can bend outwards dropping the entire roll. Instead of galvanized metal maybe use hardened plate steel.

Our RSC1651LSH has the take up reel but the arms are bolted to the body. no need to use that galvanized bracket piece.
 

CSOCSO

I don't hate paint, I just overlay it.
I was worrying about that too. That's why I picked the thickest and widest bracket I could find in home depot.
After I finished I did check how flexible tha brackets are. i have the pole and everything installed and I tried to push on the end base to see if the pole would fall but you need to SERIOUSLY push that thing to have the pole pop out. I didn't wanted to damage the brackets so I did not give it a full on power push but it is very very solid!! ( Keep in mind a a football player sized guy)



AWESOME!!!

MADE IN THE USA. haha.

The only thing that worries me is the brackets you used might be a bit thin and can bend outwards dropping the entire roll. Instead of galvanized metal maybe use hardened plate steel.

Our RSC1651LSH has the take up reel but the arms are bolted to the body. no need to use that galvanized bracket piece.
 

boxerbay

New Member
the lazy butts around here tend to move the laminator with their hips and they usually do a side hip push on the take up reel ends.
 

CSOCSO

I don't hate paint, I just overlay it.
Never posted a video. It works perfectly! LOVE IT

[video=youtube_share;Rda9M99KoXY]https://youtu.be/Rda9M99KoXY[/video]
 
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