Zeeber
28th January 2016, 05:43 PM
Ok, so I've got the 2.75hp Greenmaster treadmill motor (free) because the electronics were stuffed (speed controls and converters that change it from AC to DC - not sure what they are called). This motor is 220VDC, and has a foot mount.
I'd like to put this on my Nova 3000 to get electronic variable speed, and I thought this motor would be nice because it currently has a 1.5hp CMG AC motor (that cannot be speed controlled because it is a 2 capacitor motor, if I understand correctly).
From what I have read, I should get the KBIC 240 DC unit which will do everything I need to convert AC to DC, then allow me to control the speed.
If anyone knows better, please let me know.
My question is regards the mounting though - the current motor has the D80 B14 mount, in other words an 80mm flange mount. I understand that one can get a flange for the Greenmaster motor that will be a B5 mount (ie same dimensions as the B14, but the flange is bigger then the motor in diameter, not vice versa like the B14). Terribly confusing, and I hope I got it right.
Now, where would one find such an end plate, because I have come up with nothing in all my searching locally. Anyone got an old DC motor that is not working, with such a flange mount maybe? I went to an electrical repairer (Barca J) and the guy told me that something like this does not exist, made me feel like a complete idiot (until he suggested getting a "cheap Taiwanese lathe" if I wanted EVS - clearly doesn't know anything about woodturning. So I found this (if only to make myself feel better):
369896369897
Any ideas of where to begin looking locally?
I'd like to put this on my Nova 3000 to get electronic variable speed, and I thought this motor would be nice because it currently has a 1.5hp CMG AC motor (that cannot be speed controlled because it is a 2 capacitor motor, if I understand correctly).
From what I have read, I should get the KBIC 240 DC unit which will do everything I need to convert AC to DC, then allow me to control the speed.
If anyone knows better, please let me know.
My question is regards the mounting though - the current motor has the D80 B14 mount, in other words an 80mm flange mount. I understand that one can get a flange for the Greenmaster motor that will be a B5 mount (ie same dimensions as the B14, but the flange is bigger then the motor in diameter, not vice versa like the B14). Terribly confusing, and I hope I got it right.
Now, where would one find such an end plate, because I have come up with nothing in all my searching locally. Anyone got an old DC motor that is not working, with such a flange mount maybe? I went to an electrical repairer (Barca J) and the guy told me that something like this does not exist, made me feel like a complete idiot (until he suggested getting a "cheap Taiwanese lathe" if I wanted EVS - clearly doesn't know anything about woodturning. So I found this (if only to make myself feel better):
369896369897
Any ideas of where to begin looking locally?