Surplus center competitors

[rslaback]

Does anyone know of any competitors to Surplus Center? I am rebuilding a brake lathe and the previous owners scabbed on a motor that doesn't really fit. Because the casting gets in the way I need to find a 1hp 1725rpm with a standard 56 base that can be made to run ccw and is not a TEFC. It is proving more difficult than I had hoped to find one reasonably priced for a machine that I don't even really need.

Projects like this always seem to be on a cheap to patience matrix and the more I wait the more I try to jusitfy the $400 for a new one or the $180 to ship an eBay used one. As soon as I do that though I know the local auction house will have one randomly that will get sold for 20 bucks.

 

[Firebrick43]

What did it have originally?

Anything other than a TEFC motor on a brake lathe is not going to do well sucking in cast iron dust into the frame for it to stick in the magnetic windings.

 

[rslaback]

Believe it or not they sold them with an ODP on it. The casting is so tight that the extra diameter of the fan shroud on a TEFC will hit the casting. You can just peek a glance at the back of the motor on this video capture.

 

[pamike]

Facebook maketplace would be one option. Also, If you have any electric motor repair shops in the area they often sell new and used motors.
Also, try Zoro.com. They are the online division of Grainger. FREE SHIPPING on orders over $50. And yes, they will ship heavy motors and transformers for FREE. The shipping savings alone often steers me to them..

 

[Packard V8]

Also, If you have any electric motor repair shops in the area they often sell new and used motors.

It's been a long time since it was cost-effective to repair a universal single phase motor. If you have an electric motor repair shop in the area, you're more fortunate than we are. Back when, we had three; the two smaller ones closed twenty years ago and the large one only does industrial motors.

jack vines