Alrighty y'all....I come to the experts here cuz y'all are the bestest of course
Anyway, I found this motor at Steves and it was just gonna be either tossed or goodwilled. It needed some help....like a cord...so I added one of those to see if would work and SHOCKER it did! I didn't screw that up!!! It is a nice low speed motor which my carving folk tell me is the best for sharpening our knives and gouges and whatnot. I have wanted one but haven't wanted to pay out the wazoo for one, like what the carving club folks recommend.
I want to be able to put the different buffing wheels on but first I gotta get (for lack of the proper term) the pulley looking buffing wheel clamps off. I have looked for a manual for this motor but I haven't been able to find one. The outside screw came off with no problems. Then inside screw I have Kroiled and let sit for over a week and so far no loosening up. I am tempted to get the heat gun out to see if that will help. But my question is, to pull the wheel off so that I can insert a buffing pad or two, do I NEED to pull the left hand side off or is the right hand side the only one that is needing to come off? The right hand side is pretty well stuck too and I have added Kroil into the screw hole to soak around the inside of the shaft and clamp interface. Also, will it be a problem if one of the metal buffing wheel clamp wheels is slightly out of round (can't imagine that is good)? If it is a problem, where would be the best place for me to look for parts that would fit this motor? Looking online there seem to be a number of the motors for sale on ebay and a lot of them have the plain ole shaft without the pulley looking clamps (though I know they aren't all the same model as this one). So, if the whole thing will come off of the shaft and I just need to get a new buffing wheel mount are those things pretty interchangeable? I hope my questions make sense since I am sure I am not using the right terminology. If I need to get different pictures, let me know and I will.
Thanks a ton y'all!
Dani
Anyway, I found this motor at Steves and it was just gonna be either tossed or goodwilled. It needed some help....like a cord...so I added one of those to see if would work and SHOCKER it did! I didn't screw that up!!! It is a nice low speed motor which my carving folk tell me is the best for sharpening our knives and gouges and whatnot. I have wanted one but haven't wanted to pay out the wazoo for one, like what the carving club folks recommend.
I want to be able to put the different buffing wheels on but first I gotta get (for lack of the proper term) the pulley looking buffing wheel clamps off. I have looked for a manual for this motor but I haven't been able to find one. The outside screw came off with no problems. Then inside screw I have Kroiled and let sit for over a week and so far no loosening up. I am tempted to get the heat gun out to see if that will help. But my question is, to pull the wheel off so that I can insert a buffing pad or two, do I NEED to pull the left hand side off or is the right hand side the only one that is needing to come off? The right hand side is pretty well stuck too and I have added Kroil into the screw hole to soak around the inside of the shaft and clamp interface. Also, will it be a problem if one of the metal buffing wheel clamp wheels is slightly out of round (can't imagine that is good)? If it is a problem, where would be the best place for me to look for parts that would fit this motor? Looking online there seem to be a number of the motors for sale on ebay and a lot of them have the plain ole shaft without the pulley looking clamps (though I know they aren't all the same model as this one). So, if the whole thing will come off of the shaft and I just need to get a new buffing wheel mount are those things pretty interchangeable? I hope my questions make sense since I am sure I am not using the right terminology. If I need to get different pictures, let me know and I will.
Thanks a ton y'all!
Dani