Thread: Electric Motor for 6" Jointer

Most 6" Jointers use about a 0.75Kw/1HP motor, it would be cheaper to buy a new one, or look on Ebay for a used one.

Here is a new one at Hare and Forbes

E040 | EM1-14 Electric Motor | machineryhouse.com.au

or another new one on Ebay

Electrical motor single-phase 240v 0.75kw 1HP 1400pm shaft 19mm | eBay

You would want to match the shaft diameter, RPM and mounting position.

Would most likely be a 2800-2850 RPM motor rather than a 1400-1440 RPM one given the small head size and head speed.

If desperate you could get away with 1400 RPM unit but would need to recalculate the drive (motor) pulley and probably belt length as well to maintain head spead.

After inquiring about new motors for my jointer the cost of freight plus the new motor conversion would end up being nearly as much as repairing my motor and just slipping it back in place. The retailer in WA advised that I would have to do this also. Makes for a very expensive machine given that it hasn"t done very much work.
Thanks for the suggestions and advise.
Cheers

Find a 1Hp waterpump and rip the pump off. Should be able to get one for next to nothing.
All you have to do then is have a sleeve made for between the pump shaft and the pulley inside diameter to adapt it. Almost all pumps up to around 2 1/2Hp run 2850rpm motors.
By the way, if you can fit a 1 1/2 or 2Hp motor in the space available, it will be running at less than maximum load and is likely to last longer. Overheating/overloading is the enemy of electric motors.