Junk turntable marries Dayton motor and lives happily ever after

[cathead]

In cleaning up the shop I found an old turntable and a 3/4 HP 1725 dayton motor under the workbench. After a few hours work, It has morphed into a 12 inch disk sander.
The round PSA adhesive sanding pads will fit right on the turntable. This is very handy for both wood and metal sanding and the price was right. I see 12 inch disk sanders
sell routinely for over two hundred dollars. I need to finish it up with a stand and adjustable plate.

 

[Chucketn]

Nice inovation. Wish I had a turntable in my junk collection.

Chuck

 

[cathead]

Here it is pretty much completed

 

[Analias]

Put a slot in that table for a miter guide and you would have a perfect work table.

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[mrbreezeet1]

is that a 1725, or can also be wired to run at 1100 rpm? 1/2 HP motor? I think I have the very same motor. I was going to hook it to my Oliver wood lathe wired at 1100 RPM, but the mounting bracket around the end bells would not allow it to work.
What was the turntable from?

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No, l see it's 3/4 HP 1725 only. The end bell brackets are the same though, where it wouldn't work on the oliver.

 

[cathead]

As far as I know, it will run only at 1725 RPM. Being an induction
motor, the only way to change the speed would be to run it on
something other than 60 cycle power. If I am wrong, someone else
will chime in. The turntable came off an old Dual turntable I
think but to be honest, I found it under the workbench and really
am not sure. It sat under there for years and collected dust!
Also I have made several disks from aluminum using sand casting,
one a 10 inch that I use almost daily and a 15 inch that is still
looking for an application.

On the Oliver wood lathe, if it is belt drive I would think there
would be a way to use your motor. Do you have a photo of
the Oliver lathe? Maybe with a photo, someone can assist
in figuring how to get it to work for you.

 

[mrbreezeet1]

No, actually this motor I have looks a lot like yours, but has provisions to wire it for 1725 or 1100. 56 frame motor will work on this lathe, but it cant have the brackets in the way like on this motor, as there is sort of a bell shaped belt housing the motor end bell sits on. You can sort of see the housing in the picture, behind the external switch box.
I ended up getting this motor and VFD set up from dealers electric.
http://dealerselectric.com/item.asp?PID=6899

 

[cathead]

It isn't clear to me what you are trying to do. I really am unable to
determine much from the photos. Does the motor you have work?
The photo from the website looks to be a TEFC motor. I believe that
stands for totally enclosed fan cooled. Anyway, I'm more than happy to
try to help so feel free. Looking at the photos again maybe you
did get it working with the VFD. If so that is a nice setup.
I thought we had spring but we have reverted back
to winter with a little snow and below freezing temps, back to the shop
till the weather straightens out I guess....


Cathead

 

[mrbreezeet1]

Yeah, sorry for the confusion. All is fine with the Oliver now. I was just wondering about your motor/just saying about my motor.
I thought it was the same motor at first.
Then I was just saying I tried to use it on my lathe, but it wouldn't work.
The Oliver is back up and running and the dayton is back sitting on a shelf.
Sorry for the confusion.

Not freezing and snow here, but it is sort of cold, esp. for the 1st of April.