Excellent video. I love that you don’t focus on yourself, but you’re project and how you solved all the problems. Most video posters could take your videos as the Gold Standard. Well done!!!
I just opened up a can of worms.. Picked up my 1st free treadmill, was thinking of using the motor on my band saw. That turned into looking at picking up a used belt sander and upgrading that, which turned into looking at drill presses,,, which turned into looking at mill/drill lathe combo's. Have a feeling I will end up with a belt sander, and a mill/drill. lol. I am in the process of building a shave horse with the treadmill frame. Lots of fun projects. Thanks for the inspiration!
Sounds like some cool projects. I was looking at some used mill/drill combos before, they are pretty expensive for not much rigidity, precision, table travel etc... I ended up getting a used ENCO 12x36 for $400. He only used it to make pins and bushing every once in awhile. Also picked up a Bridgeport mill for $700, I see deals like this on marketplace & craigslist every week. Just have to keep an eye out or else they will be gone in a matter of hours. The seller almost always can take a couple hundred off the price. If you can get a good deal on a mill/drill then it might be worth it, but I've never found one with a reasonable price. haha and those treadmill frames come in handy all the time, I have a bunch of them holding up a solar array, workbench, shelfs, etc... thanks for watching!
Great work, great video! Slap a new motor on a belt sander - I'm thinking monster garage get er done. Nope, you went through every detail to rebuild it all back to good working condition. It was zen-like. Edit - I'm so jealous of your spare parts inventory.
haha just a few months ago I really had nothing, then I went crazy on craigslist and marketplace doing about 4 AD's a day. people will throw out the craziest things.
its a poly V belt, they're used in pretty much every treadmill. They offer higher efficiency & power output, they're much smoother and can fit around a smaller pulley diameter. thanks
very well done- lots of effort there. Nice and concise video. Want to find out about the braking - interesting electronic setup. Those variacs are $$$ today.
yeah, I actually just found a 50A three phase variac on craigslist for $30. it ways 300 lbs, each coil can be separated for single phase too. very lucky find, every once in awhile you get listings like that where the seller has no idea what it is haha.
Really enjoyed the rebuild and modifications done to the motor 👍 Do you have a schematic for your power supply setup? Never seen one like it and I’d like to build one 😁 Great work, earned a sub! Cheers from Down Under 👍🇦🇺😎
I don't have a schematic, I may make a diagram in the next video. Its a Variac > Rectifier > Inductor > Capacitor, everything is just heavy duty to run up to 6HP motors at 170vdc 30Amps. All parts were free from treadmills except the Variac. Ive tried SCR controllers, high end treadmill controllers, AC-DC controllers etc... Nothing compares to the power output and clean DC voltage of using a big Variac and Recitifier (you also get higher voltages than 120v). As for the breaking resistor I'll have to make a diagram in the next video because it has to bypass the capacitor + switch and use one of the motor wires + ground. Thanks for watching
the fan in the back is an exhaust fan. the plastic shroud on the front of the motor only lets air in through the bottom. the metal is too heavy to get sucked up, but for fine dust I've placed some strong magnets at the inlet and they catch everything. they get covered with metal dust after a week and Ive checked inside the motor and its spotless, nothing even on the stator magnets. Edit: Ive since replaced it with a bigger motor anyways though. It has 3HP continuous and completely sealed. the other motor worked great tho.
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Excellent video. I love that you don’t focus on yourself, but you’re project and how you solved all the problems. Most video posters could take your videos as the Gold Standard. Well done!!!
I just opened up a can of worms.. Picked up my 1st free treadmill, was thinking of using the motor on my band saw. That turned into looking at picking up a used belt sander and upgrading that, which turned into looking at drill presses,,, which turned into looking at mill/drill lathe combo's. Have a feeling I will end up with a belt sander, and a mill/drill. lol. I am in the process of building a shave horse with the treadmill frame. Lots of fun projects. Thanks for the inspiration!
Sounds like some cool projects. I was looking at some used mill/drill combos before, they are pretty expensive for not much rigidity, precision, table travel etc... I ended up getting a used ENCO 12x36 for $400. He only used it to make pins and bushing every once in awhile. Also picked up a Bridgeport mill for $700, I see deals like this on marketplace & craigslist every week. Just have to keep an eye out or else they will be gone in a matter of hours. The seller almost always can take a couple hundred off the price. If you can get a good deal on a mill/drill then it might be worth it, but I've never found one with a reasonable price. haha and those treadmill frames come in handy all the time, I have a bunch of them holding up a solar array, workbench, shelfs, etc... thanks for watching!
Epic build! And you didn't stretch it out into a 10 part series full of fluff. Subscribed!
Great work, great video! Slap a new motor on a belt sander - I'm thinking monster garage get er done. Nope, you went through every detail to rebuild it all back to good working condition. It was zen-like. Edit - I'm so jealous of your spare parts inventory.
haha just a few months ago I really had nothing, then I went crazy on craigslist and marketplace doing about 4 AD's a day. people will throw out the craziest things.
Super cool! Thanks :)
Good job.
great and very nice informative video do you mind telling where did you got the v belt from it doesnt look like from treadmill
its a poly V belt, they're used in pretty much every treadmill. They offer higher efficiency & power output, they're much smoother and can fit around a smaller pulley diameter. thanks
8:00 wonderful 👏
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very well done- lots of effort there. Nice and concise video. Want to find out about the braking - interesting electronic setup. Those variacs are $$$ today.
yeah, I actually just found a 50A three phase variac on craigslist for $30. it ways 300 lbs, each coil can be separated for single phase too. very lucky find, every once in awhile you get listings like that where the seller has no idea what it is haha.
Really enjoyed the rebuild and modifications done to the motor 👍 Do you have a schematic for your power supply setup? Never seen one like it and I’d like to build one 😁 Great work, earned a sub! Cheers from Down Under 👍🇦🇺😎
I don't have a schematic, I may make a diagram in the next video. Its a Variac > Rectifier > Inductor > Capacitor, everything is just heavy duty to run up to 6HP motors at 170vdc 30Amps. All parts were free from treadmills except the Variac. Ive tried SCR controllers, high end treadmill controllers, AC-DC controllers etc... Nothing compares to the power output and clean DC voltage of using a big Variac and Recitifier (you also get higher voltages than 120v). As for the breaking resistor I'll have to make a diagram in the next video because it has to bypass the capacitor + switch and use one of the motor wires + ground. Thanks for watching
Awesome! Looking forward to watching you and learning the how to do! 😃
How do you keep the metal out of the motor?
the fan in the back is an exhaust fan. the plastic shroud on the front of the motor only lets air in through the bottom. the metal is too heavy to get sucked up, but for fine dust I've placed some strong magnets at the inlet and they catch everything. they get covered with metal dust after a week and Ive checked inside the motor and its spotless, nothing even on the stator magnets.
Edit: Ive since replaced it with a bigger motor anyways though. It has 3HP continuous and completely sealed. the other motor worked great tho.
wouldn't have wasted that joint on the airflow test! 😉
haha everyone things that's a joint, but its just some newspaper.
Can't get YOUR pulley off? It might be threaded... with a left hand thread! Ask me how I know. :/
haha yep, the threaded pulleys are left hand. the one in the video was just a tapered fit. no threads.
@@electricalfive2248 - For sure. I should have said "If anyone else can't get there pulley off..."
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