Thread: Second Hand electric motors

Thanks for the reply, I looks like I'm up for a new thread, I'm picking up a pallet off cut 18 mm ply this weekend so I looks like will be building a new drum sander. If anything I had no problem with the sander, I didn't take more than maybe 1mm off at a time, and it never bogged down and changing speed to suit the grit or the timber was no problem. I was also thing using the same setup for a wood lathe.

Well I had a good score the other day.
Our local council cleanup is in a couple of days and driving home the other night I saw this on the nature strip about 300m from home alongside a mountain of other stuff.





I grabbed this and the stand ( I didn't have room for the almost new builders wheelbarrow as well ). It had quite a bit of excess mortar both on the outside and inside but about 1/2 an hour with a hammer, chisel and wire brush and I got most of it off - about two shopping bags full. I rumbled some stones and sand in it for about an hour and that got rid of most of the rest. Then I cleaned that out and loaded it up with a full load of sand and gravel with water and ran that for another hour.The motor only got lukewarm so I guess it should be good to go. Of most interest though and I must admit I've never had a look at this more modern type of mixer is the motor and gearbox setup. It's only a 1/2 HP motor @1425 RPM but it spins the bowl at 22 RPM. That would give a reduction ratio of 1:64 which would be ideal to use as a conveyor setup for a widish belt sander ( less than 600mm I guess ). You could always swap out the 1/2 HP motor for a 1 HP or bigger one. I'd imagine if the gearbox can spin a drum full of mortar then it should be able to keep the conveyor going under load. Keep your eyes peeled for one of these being tossed away.

Stewie

Good pickup (literally) Stewie. I dream of those sort of things.

Regards
Paul

One of the benefits of living in a relatively affluent suburb is the stuff that gets thrown away often because the owners are too lazy to fix it or too well off and want a new one. This mixer is a case in point. I saw a bunch of other stuff too but I'd need a bigger shed ( read warehouse ) to keep it all in. Exercise treadmills, steel cabinets, appliances, all manner of 3-5mm metal tubing, lots of furniture etc etc. All those can be stripped for parts/motors/switches/belts etc and the furniture for well seasoned quality timber. A mate of mine has a decent sized workshop and about two years ago updated all his underbench storage from shelves to drawers with the newer kitchen sliding mechanisms. It was going to cost him about $300 in the runners alone so he waited until the next council cleanup. Then he simply took his cordless and went around all the furniture like TV cabinets and buffets being tossed and came back with a couple of milk crates full for about an hours work. Not only the cheaper standard ones but a few sets of the heavy duty kind as well
What's that old saying - " One mans trash is another mans treasure "...

Stewie

Originally Posted by Opelblues2

I built my drum sander from a tread mill. its variable speed, balanced, I have a read out of how fast its going. and it is soft start.

It had shafts, steel frame
cost my time, plus $50 for the tread mill, ply off cuts.

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I don't think I could run for long enough to get the sanding done.

Originally Posted by Chrism3

I don't think I could run for long enough to get the sanding done.

Kills 2 birds with one stone. You get fit and get the thing sanded. Win win.