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I've been working on a deburring buffer on and off for a few months. I'd really like a Burr King, but used are hard to come by, and I'm not willing to pay $3,800.00 for a new one. The next best interim measure was to make one from the pieces and parts laying around the shop.
I must admit I did buy a pedestal to mount the thing on. I was alerted to one available in the vicinity by another member. Other than that, almost all the parts are either left overs from other projects, or low to no cost items found at surplus and antique stores.
The motor is a 1.5 hp Reliance motor given to me by a friend when he was downsizing his commercial shop. I tried it on a horizontal mill. It wouldn't come up to speed, so I put it back on the shelf and used another known good one. I finally decided it was time to either bring it back to life or recycle it. This beast is a 1960's era 230 volt only 1725 rpm "farm duty" motor with dual start capacitors and a run capacitor. It's a little different than today's motors in that it only has a 5/8" output shaft and non-standard wiring. I lucked out on the cost of repairs in that it only needed $25.00 worth of capacitors.
The "grinder was a $10.00 find at an antique store, and the wheels were $5.00 ea. (new in the box) from a surplus equipment dealer. The shafts, pulleys, plate, tube, and bearings were leftovers from a machine shop I had to close back in 1999. It took me a few weeks to gather all the components in one place.
The build was pretty straight forward so far. It's up and running, but still in need of a couple belt guards. Here are a few pictures as it stands today.
I must admit I did buy a pedestal to mount the thing on. I was alerted to one available in the vicinity by another member. Other than that, almost all the parts are either left overs from other projects, or low to no cost items found at surplus and antique stores.
The motor is a 1.5 hp Reliance motor given to me by a friend when he was downsizing his commercial shop. I tried it on a horizontal mill. It wouldn't come up to speed, so I put it back on the shelf and used another known good one. I finally decided it was time to either bring it back to life or recycle it. This beast is a 1960's era 230 volt only 1725 rpm "farm duty" motor with dual start capacitors and a run capacitor. It's a little different than today's motors in that it only has a 5/8" output shaft and non-standard wiring. I lucked out on the cost of repairs in that it only needed $25.00 worth of capacitors.
The "grinder was a $10.00 find at an antique store, and the wheels were $5.00 ea. (new in the box) from a surplus equipment dealer. The shafts, pulleys, plate, tube, and bearings were leftovers from a machine shop I had to close back in 1999. It took me a few weeks to gather all the components in one place.
The build was pretty straight forward so far. It's up and running, but still in need of a couple belt guards. Here are a few pictures as it stands today.
