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Re: how to.inspect.motor?

 

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Ralph,?
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The belt is either easy or almost impossible.
Measure the teeth, each 1 tooth + the empty space, then 10 teeth + spaces and then divide by 10, to improve your accuracy over measuring just 1 tooth.
Then mark the belt and count the teeth.
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There may even be a number on the back of the belt
That number can be either correct or a lie.
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Compare your measurements to information on the internet and see if it is a generic or china only belt.
Tell us your findings and I'm sure we can help.
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If you upgrade your motor, you will need a newer HD belt anyway.
The Custom Crafter knows all about this and has misc parts all the way up to complete kits to make this happen.
I bought some pulleys from him to upgrade a table size 9" drill press to a BLDC motor so as to run 175-200rpm on a custom annular cutter, (800rpm motor with 4:1 reduction, 4x torque).
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This is my only activity with him other than wishing I could buy his 1500W kit for the 7x lathe.
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What is your motor progress?
I could maybe send you one of my brush motors I bought off of eBay,?
not free, but less than LMS, What is your current motor claimed Wattage?
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Good luck on your decisions.
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John



On 7/1/2024 11:20 PM, Ralph Hulslander wrote:

Jon, that is why I am "thinking" of using one of the Consew motors I have.
I was shocked by the price of a new motor from Little Machine Shop.

If it comes down to having to spend money I might just buy a new mini lathe.

I need to know what the current belt is so I can look for new pulleys.

There used to be a Duhguy here in the forum that does repairs. I think he lived in Maine.
Getting my current mini lathe fixed is a possibility.

This lathe might be 50 years old.

On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 11:02?PM Jon Rus via <byghtn5=[email protected]> wrote:
Ralph,?
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This is an excellent idea, but it is not plug-n-play.?
You need to create a motor mount, and a matching drive pulley as your original pulley will not fit.
You probably can not make it fit either.
There is a guy in Florida called "The Custom Crafter" that has 500W, 1000W, and 2000W motors as well as all of the hardware to make it work.
It is not cheap tho...
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Lets just get this motor cleaned up before spending any REAL money.
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Go Godzilla Go!?
errrr Ralph!


On 7/1/2024 10:09 PM, Ralph Hulslander wrote:
My other lathe is not running so I cannot turn the commutator.
That commutator does look kinda rough.

What is the belt?



Ralph



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