Recent content by 8man

Thanks Farmer J and RTM. I'll look up Sandflex and see what I can do with it. I will see if I can remove the little screws that hold the bubble in place to get them out and clean them up and then I can work on the frame without worry about them. Then I'll see where it goes.

I found this old Stanley level in my 89 year old dad's effects. I think it is pretty unique and was wondering if anyone has any thoughts on a restoration? I would like to clean it up like new (if possible) and display it with some other tools. IMG_0855 by Robert Moorman, on Flickr IMG_0856 by...

Thank you all. I'm going to go with the treadmill motor. I'll report in a separate thread how it goes.

Thank you Seber.

I found a used treadmill priced very reasonably, so I am looking at that option. It appears that a DC treadmill motor turning about 160 rpm, with a 2" pulley on the motor and a 5" on the lathe will turn the blade about about 200 fpm. My question is "will a treadmill motor turning at 160 rpm...

Seber, I am looking at the treadmill motors. I don't have a working knowledge of them and/or how they work. I'm sure I can hook it up to the saw, but how do I know the rpm so I can calculate the blade speed? How do I hook up the motor? I saw where on was something like 5800 rpm. I know it...

Cruzan and macgee, thank you both! First thing is to see if it runs, so to the store I go, to get the stuff to make the cord.

Cruzan, thanks. So one to white and one to black and ground to?

Was given this Doerr motor. IMG_0765 by Robert Moorman, on Flickr There was no cord. I opened up the wiring cover and the two prongs are all that is there. IMG_0766 by Robert Moorman, on Flickr Does anyone have any idea how to wire this from these two pictures? Thanks.

Macgee, that sewing machine motor is interesting. I don't understand enough about electrical in this situation to even be dangerous, except to myself. I do know that I don't have room for the 8" pulley on the machine and keep the guard in place. I am still looking at this, but no decision on...

Thanks RTM. I didn't ask the question of "search" the correct way, because I had not found any of those before I posted my question. The Craftsman does not have the ability to do the pulleys like shown in a couple of the Delta threads. I looked at the crane with gear reduction, but it is so...

I can do it by adding to the existing 3" pulley on the 1725 rpm motor and 5" pulley on the saw itself, but I need to add 2 v-belts, 2 jack shafts with pillow bearings and 4 pulleys. This will get me to about 200 fpm on the blade. I think that is too complicated and the mechanism is...

I have a Milwaukee band saw with the Swag stand, it just doesn't cut as wide a cut as I need. I have an old Craftsman horizontal band saw that cuts, but it too is too narrow. I didn't want to spend the money to get a real 12" metal band saw, and saw some guys who did it. I'm cutting 14 to...

As the title says, I want to be able to cut metal. I know the current set up produces too much speed for it to be used to cut steel. I've looked at YouTube and they mostly do it with pulleys. To do that I'll need to add some pretty large pulleys. So I was looking at a 440 lb, single line...

Thank you.