old TS motor, ideas

I remember my dad buying a metal

I think you just hit on a great idea yourself. I picked up a copy of Peter Lloyd's 'Making Heirloom Boxes' at the library a couple of days ago. In the front end he describes tools needed for his trade and describes a disk sander he made from an old pump motor. This immediately got me thinking about a 2HP blower motor that has been sitting on the shelf in my garage for several years. It is a 3,400 RPM, single-shaft motor and it runs as quiet as a mouse. It runs opposite of most power tool motors and is not reversible, but who really cares with a sander?

All I have to do is figure out how to mount an arbor or other disk attachment device to the shaft instead of a pulley. Most sanding disks are driven directly. Some also have a pulley that runs a dust collection blower or impeller in the cabinet. If you have a double-shafter you could probably run a drum from the other end.

Any body out there have hardware adaptation ideas or experience?

How about a high-torque electric toothbrush? Just the thing for that troublesome plaque buildup.

Or perhaps, as someone else on the newsgroup mentioned in the last couple of days, a high-speed rotisserie for the barbie? Turbo garage door opener? Replacement blender motor that will crush ice, rocks, and small rodents?

You overlooked nose-hair removal (OUCH)

Hi Brandt There are plans here to build one:

You'll no doubt do well if you sell it on eBay, considering a recent post here on the quality of those old motors, "Oder unisaw motor potential problemo" And from what I have seen on eBay. They go for a lot!

Alex

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I'd think a useable functional motor of that vintage would be of interest to the rust collectors at OWWM. Who knows what sorts of trades/friends you might make?

Patriarch

I'd say your blower motor is worth more as a blower motor. They seem to go for a lot more than other motors. Assuming, blower is still attached.

ET

Nope, if the blower was included it would have been put into use. This motor has been sitting in garages for about 10 years. A fomer neighbor gave it to me years ago after he swapped electic for a gas furnace. He knew the electric furnace motor had been replaced a couple of years previous and gave it to me. It is 12-14 years old but has about 2 years of use.

I used a furnace blower, on a plywood platform, as a fan to cool my garage shop. It kept you cool but would darned near blow your hair off.

Ron.. My home made disk sander is belt driven... not the best way to do it, but at least it gives you power/speed choices.. Mine runs off the motor on my rusty, dusty sears benchtop saw with "permanent" dado blade in it..

Check out the disk sander here:

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I do the same thing. I have one with a belt driven cage that has rubber feet on the blower case. Its pretty cool. (Literally) I have another in a shop made ambient air cleaner and several others stored up in the rafters. I have never seen one that came from a home furnace with 2hp. That would rock. Most of them are fractional and usually less than 1/2hp.

It sounds like it would be great for a grinder or sander. Some kind of 'er.

Put er to work.

Eric