1HP Motor

Oooo thats cool, where did you get the plans from? (sorry I know nothing of motors)

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I got the plans from plansnow they were $10 but if you enter the cupon code “BUILD” you can get 20% off

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You’re a young man get a new motor, unless you get one at a very good price and have a chance to get it checked, but I still say a new one.

Shop Notes #37 has the same plans.

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Try these guys, the prices are right and they have good support.
http://www.grizzly.com/products/category.aspx?key=275020

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Grizzly would be my first choice for everything but only one minor issue… they don’t ship to Canada, I think I might get a cheap dust collector and strip it down for the motor, I saw a Craftex for $150

-- A hammer dangling from a wall will bang and sound like work when the wind blows the right way.

You might look at CL for an old contractors saw or other machine you can strip the motor from. I would say a running 1hp, might need bearings, would run about $75-$100.

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Is that thing made entirely from wood, or does it have like an aluminum or sheet metal frame? Couldn’t tell what the green painted pieces were made of.

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It is almost all wood, the green parts are 3/4” MDF, there is a metal c channel going through the center, bearings and some steel rod but thats about it for the metal pieces.

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Besides the motor, have you priced out the rest of the materials? Do you know about how much it would cost? I may try building one of these. When I bought my table saw I got an extra 1 1/2 HP motor as a back up with it. May put it to use with something like this.

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Not including the motor I think its going to cost around $100, thats just the metal pieces, I have all the MDF and hardwood around the shop, it needs one and a half sheets of 3/4” MDF, about 20BF of hardwood and some pulys, bearings, threaded rod that will run me about $60.

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Looks pretty cool.. I need/want a side stroke sander to.The question i have is can you make it direct drive
and make sure you have a graphite backer. As far as the motor goes Try Busy Bee or General.You might also be able to get one from a local motor electrical shop. Good Luck. Keep us informed on your progress.

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Chris,

Check the phone book for an electric motor repair shop. They may have some good rebuilt ones for a reasonable price.

Lew

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I think I am going to call a few motor shops on monday, see if they have a good deal.

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Not sure about your area, but around here, there are shops that rebuild and sell electric motors pretty cheap… I think $100.00 U.S. for a 1.5 HP 110V motor…

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