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Re: Tools: Power King, Belt/Disc Sander - Motor?
By:ancient kayaker
Date: 7/18/2012, 4:09 pm
In Response To: Re: Tools: Power King, Belt/Disc Sander - Motor? (Bill Schill)

: Jeff,
: I have a lead now on an old forced air furnace that I can have the
: motor if I want. Not sure what hp that would be but I would like
: to look at it, besides it's 200 miles away.
: Thanks!

An old furnace fan motor should be about right - my old furnace had a 3/4 HP motor and I wish I had kept it for a dust extractor. It's probably not sealed though, so you will need to protect it from dust. I'm not sure about the speed though, they usually run around 1750 rpm as I recall but some are two-speed; you may have to experiment with pulley size.

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Tools: Power King, Belt/Disc Sander - Motor? *PIC*
Bill Schill -- 7/17/2012, 9:06 pm
Re: Tools: Power King, Belt/Disc Sander - Motor?
Jeff Horton -- 7/17/2012, 9:50 pm
Re: Tools: Power King, Belt/Disc Sander - Motor?
Bill Schill -- 7/18/2012, 10:50 am
Re: Tools: Power King, Belt/Disc Sander - Motor?
Kirk Fredericks -- 7/18/2012, 11:23 am
Re: Tools: Power King, Belt/Disc Sander - Motor?
Bill Schill -- 7/18/2012, 8:02 pm
Re: Tools: Power King, Belt/Disc Sander - Motor?
John Abercrombie -- 7/18/2012, 12:40 pm
Re: Tools: Power King, Belt/Disc Sander - Motor?
Bill Schill -- 7/18/2012, 8:11 pm
Re: Tools: Power King, Belt/Disc Sander - Motor? *PIC*
Jeff Horton -- 7/18/2012, 2:03 pm
Re: Tools: Power King, Belt/Disc Sander - Motor?
Bill Schill -- 7/18/2012, 8:17 pm
Re: Tools: Power King, Belt/Disc Sander - Motor?
ancient kayaker -- 7/18/2012, 4:09 pm
Re: Tools: Power King, Belt/Disc Sander - Motor?
Marc Upchurch -- 7/18/2012, 5:25 pm
Re: Tools: Power King, Belt/Disc Sander - Motor?
ancient kayaker -- 7/17/2012, 11:30 pm
Re: Tools: Power King, Belt/Disc Sander - Motor?
Bill Schill -- 7/18/2012, 11:00 am
Re: Tools: Power King, Belt/Disc Sander - Motor?
William Mayberry -- 7/17/2012, 11:45 pm
Re: Tools: Power King, Belt/Disc Sander - Motor?
Bill Schill -- 7/18/2012, 11:03 am
Re: Tools: Power King, Belt/Disc Sander - Motor?
Deano -- 7/18/2012, 8:31 am
Re: Tools: Power King, Belt/Disc Sander - Motor?
Bill Schill -- 7/18/2012, 11:07 am
Re: Tools: Power King, Belt/Disc Sander - Motor?
Bill Schill -- 7/18/2012, 8:32 pm
Re: Tools: Power King, Belt/Disc Sander - Motor?
jack -- 6/10/2013, 4:26 pm
Re: Tools: Power King, Belt/Disc Sander - Motor?
Bill Schill -- 6/16/2013, 8:27 pm