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  1. 14th June 2021, 11:48 AM #1
    Mattpwalker
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    Default 14" Bandsaw - replacement motor

    The motor on my old 14" bandsaw burnt out yesterday tripping the safety switch and making some interesting smells.
    Its an old WA-14M which I got off an old chap who was retiring.
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    Now I'm faced with the reality of not having enough money to upgrade to something decent but still needing a bandsaw for ongoing projects... so repairs it is.
    I'm not going to try and revive the old motor... electrical work is not my forte.

    What I'm wondering is if I can take this opportunity to increase the power of the motor. The current motor is a 3/4 HP motor and struggles with resawing.
    Is it feasible to put a 2 HP replacement motor in and the rest of the unit will deal with the extra grunt?
    And regardless of what I replace it with (like for like or more powerful), where am I best to source said motor from?
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    TIA
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  3. 14th June 2021, 11:53 AM #2
    Bohdan
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    Make sure that the replacement motor is 4 pole, so that you can use the same pulley size. The original pulley will probably not fit the shaft on the bigger motor.
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  4. 14th June 2021, 12:20 PM #3
    aldav
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    I'm no expert, but I note that the pulley has 4 speeds possible. Would you perhaps be able to use a 2hp, 2 pole, 2840 rpm motor from an old garden chipper on the smallest diameter on the pulley? You would lose your multi speed capability, but you'd certainly have some grunt.
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  5. 14th June 2021, 12:49 PM #4
    riverbuilder
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    I’ve bought a few from here MTM. They are good.
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  6. 18th August 2021, 02:39 PM #5
    woodhog
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    Expensive but worth the money.
    Continuous duty fan cooled motor.
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