Maui
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I just picked up this motor over the weekend. It was made by Jeannin, a company that originated in Ohio in the early 1900s. You can read a short history about the company here:
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=3318
Apparently this was the largest motor that they made, and the photo really doesn't do it justice in terms of its actual size. It is a monster. No matter what I do the motor tag comes out upside down in this posting. I don't know why. The motor is bolted onto a skid and the seller and I dragged it to the rear of my trailer. We lifted the long end of the skid rails up so they were resting against the lip of the trailer. Sitting at that angle of about 50 degrees the seller and I used the two 2x4s I brought as levers to lift the other end of the skid up high enough to where I held it in position while he pushed the motor onto the trailer. When I lifted the end of the skid up by myself to see how heavy it was my best estimate is that it weighs around 350 lbs.
I have a video of it running, but can't upload it because the file is too big. You can see the electric cord that was hooked up to it in the photo. I can't believe the cord didn't fry itself when it was plugged in. But it worked well enough to get the motor running. It spit and sputtered a little, so I will have to take it apart and clean everything up. And for this one I'll probably paint the bell ends and the rest of the housing, and even clean up the ID plate. This thing has a LOT of copper wire in it. They don't build them like this anymore.
Maui
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=3318
Apparently this was the largest motor that they made, and the photo really doesn't do it justice in terms of its actual size. It is a monster. No matter what I do the motor tag comes out upside down in this posting. I don't know why. The motor is bolted onto a skid and the seller and I dragged it to the rear of my trailer. We lifted the long end of the skid rails up so they were resting against the lip of the trailer. Sitting at that angle of about 50 degrees the seller and I used the two 2x4s I brought as levers to lift the other end of the skid up high enough to where I held it in position while he pushed the motor onto the trailer. When I lifted the end of the skid up by myself to see how heavy it was my best estimate is that it weighs around 350 lbs.
I have a video of it running, but can't upload it because the file is too big. You can see the electric cord that was hooked up to it in the photo. I can't believe the cord didn't fry itself when it was plugged in. But it worked well enough to get the motor running. It spit and sputtered a little, so I will have to take it apart and clean everything up. And for this one I'll probably paint the bell ends and the rest of the housing, and even clean up the ID plate. This thing has a LOT of copper wire in it. They don't build them like this anymore.
Maui
