06-19-2017, 12:03 PM
Here is a small update but one that may be of interest to others on here trying to rescue old machines.
The motor rewind guy called today to say that my motor was ready, I only sent it to him a week ago. (this is the small motor that drives the table). He told me that the job turned out easier than he thought and so the cost is less. The cost is still a bit more than a new Chinese motor but overall significantly better value than buying a new motor and then having to make adapters to mount a new face mount motor on this old machine.
The motor has gone from 415v Three Phase to 230v Three Phase. This means I can now add a VFD and instead of having to change gears to alter the table feed I should be able to leave the gearing alone and change the feed rate using the VFD.
For anyone tinkering with these old machines it might be worth getting an opinion on rewinding the motor before buying a new one as I am sure in some cases it might be worth doing.
John
The motor rewind guy called today to say that my motor was ready, I only sent it to him a week ago. (this is the small motor that drives the table). He told me that the job turned out easier than he thought and so the cost is less. The cost is still a bit more than a new Chinese motor but overall significantly better value than buying a new motor and then having to make adapters to mount a new face mount motor on this old machine.
The motor has gone from 415v Three Phase to 230v Three Phase. This means I can now add a VFD and instead of having to change gears to alter the table feed I should be able to leave the gearing alone and change the feed rate using the VFD.
For anyone tinkering with these old machines it might be worth getting an opinion on rewinding the motor before buying a new one as I am sure in some cases it might be worth doing.
John