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Wanted: milling vertical spindle motor - Victoria BC

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Birkhoff

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Bridgeport clone that got stripped of motors and hand wheels.
Any reasonable flange mount,** 3 ph, 2-ish HP and the Holy Grail would be 2 speed windings, but I'm ok with using a VFD.

**I have to fabricate the mounting plate to fit as the buggers stole that too!
 
Birkhoff said:
Bridgeport clone that got stripped of motors and hand wheels.
Any reasonable flange mount,** 3 ph, 2-ish HP and the Holy Grail would be 2 speed windings, but I'm ok with using a VFD.

**I have to fabricate the mounting plate to fit as the buggers stole that too!
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Birkhoff said:
Bridgeport clone that got stripped of motors and hand wheels.
Any reasonable flange mount,** 3 ph, 2-ish HP and the Holy Grail would be 2 speed windings, but I'm ok with using a VFD.

**I have to fabricate the mounting plate to fit as the buggers stole that too!
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voltage preference?
 
Right, voltage. 220V would be best. If I have to go higher, looking at a VFD for sure. Not into transformers at the moment.
 
Birkhoff said:
Right, voltage. 220V would be best. If I have to go higher, looking at a VFD for sure. Not into transformers at the moment.
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Budget?

I have a motor rebuilder I can ask to keep an eye out, and I see higher voltage motors pretty often, if your budget is sufficient rewind may be best. A motor will ship cheaply enough
 
Free would be great but free at a distance not so much. Not too long ago, multi-horse 3ph motors traded at scrap value. Now that I need one they are way more expensive, I guess because of cheap inverter drives. More expensive than single phase! The latter used to be $100 per HP, but now they are almost given away.
 
I should mention I have $500-ish into the mill so far. There are two ways to think about this I guess. Lots of headroom to buy a good motor, or, ending up with a motor that costs more than the mill :-|
 
I have a two speed 3 phase 220 volt motor with a flange mount. No idea if it will fit your machine. It came from a large German drill press and I think it is 3hp but it might be 5hp. Will have to check if you are interested.
I am located in Duncan.
Cheers,
Michael
 
I am located in Duncan.
Cheers,
Michael
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Your icon says "Joined Today" don't see you in the New Members thread, but Hello from up (or down?) the road! (Just outside Ducan proper.)
 
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