Electric motors

[phaxtris]

Manage to score these two suckers for 50$ total (+ 12$ in fuel for the round trip...boo gas prices), a 3/4 and a 2hp c face 3450 motors, one even came with a new set of bearings

I've got a couple ideas already for how to put them to good use

 

[Susquatch]

Manage to score these two suckers for 50$ total (+ 12$ in fuel for the round trip...boo gas prices), a 3/4 and a 2hp c face 3450 motors, one even came with a new set of bearings

I've got a couple ideas already for how to put them to good use

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Very nice score! Isn't it amazing that they physically similar but one is more than double the hp of the other!

And your ideas are......?

 

[6.5 Fan]

That 2hp motor would look good on a 72in belt grinder.

 

[phaxtris]

First up is just a clean and new bearings for both, and one needs a keyway cut into it, then...

I was going to try the 3/4 on a 2x48 belt grinder (48 because of size), if that seems to be powerful enough I was thinking of building a 4x36 grinder with the 2

If the 3/4 seems underpowered on the 2x grinder I'll toss the 2hp on it and just squirrel Away the 3/4 for another day

They are both open motors, I think I will just put a piece of filter cloth over the inlet and maybe some kind of guard in front to keep the majority of dust out...if I kill them no big loss, I'll just keep an eye open for a cheap TEFC

 

[Sailor]

Never enough motors!!

 

[DPittman]

Never enough motors!!

It seems that way or maybe it's more of a case of not having the right motor.. I have 5 on my shelf now varying from 1/3 ho to 2hp and in 110 and 220 volt but I can't think of why I need any of them but am wanting a 3 phase for a lathe conversion and a servo motor for a sewing machine.
Edit wow what a long, run on sentence, my grade school English/grammar teacher would be disappointed.

 

[Sailor]

Haha

 

[phaxtris]

Wierd the 3/4hp motor had a larger output shaft bearing than the 2hp, one that I didn't have of course..

Key way is cut in the 2hp, maybe not the best way to cut the key way in, but meh...it'll work