Posted by noel shelley on 24/08/2022 09:41:34:
The motor and capacitor can easily be tested. Where are you ? Noel
Hi Noel, I am near Newport Pagnell J14 M.
Thanks everyone for your replies, very helpful and appreciated.
I got this for £130, and pleased that mechanically it is very good, gears, feed, table etc all working well and in good nick. I did one of these a while back which was seized everywhere it could be, but the motor was good so have striped one down before.
I am not great with electrics but apart from the cutting of wires, easy to resolve, the base of the motor fins do not line up, so I am pretty sure it has been opened. There is also a big dent in the blower cover, but that could have been from anything and does not interfere. Spinning by hand I can feel an area of quite hard resistance but before it frees off again.
I will look to take it apart in case of anything obvious, I don't hold out too much hope given my lack of motor knowledge.
Given the above comments on a potential replacement motor, I had a look on these guys website, when I did my Pollard to 3ph & VFD they were very helpful – I should update that Pollard drill post and will..
I've not physically measured up yet until I discount the OE motor, but ballpark spec this seems to be there abouts. Length of drive spindle looks like an issue. Any views on that other than physical dims? I don't really want/need to go 3ph VFD with this.
https://inverterdrive.com/group/Single-Phase-Motors/TEC-Single-Ph-Motor-550W-2800RPM-LST-63F-B3/
I will post some pics once I've worked it out again, and also once I have the motor apart.
Thanks again all for your help and advice.