Newbie

Hi All,
I have an electric motor lying around and i am trying to find a place on the
net that has plans on what to do with it. Like making a grinder. Does anyone
have any sugestion ?

thanks

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Glenmore

I've seen a few good things at www.shopnotes.com try to see if they have anything there I think not quite sure but they have a home made lathe plan there.

Mike

Grinders and wire wheels need metal guards for safety. You can use your motor to power a sanding drum or belt safely, and there are plans for building your own belt sanding table available online.

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Mike

reible

Something I used a motor for was a buffing station. They make a small hub that has a pulley in the center and shafts extending to both sides. You can mount grinding wheels, wire brushes, or in my case buffing wheels. Please note that the grinding wheel and wire brushes have safety issues as noted by Mike. Buffing however has less issues and for the most part you need only to worry about containing the compound that comes off the wheels.

What I like about doing using this setup for a buffer is that I can run it with the wheels spinning from under, up towards me. (This is the wrong way to run grinders or wire brushes.)

I picked a small pulley on the motor to run a little slower but I have thought about installing a double pulley and making it two speeds.

I'd send a picture but I have it apart wait for me to make a new base for it to sit on. If your interested I could shoot a picture of the parts....

Ed

Newbie

Thanks for the INFO guys. Sure Ed if ya have a pic or two i would like to see em.