: Bill-
: I probably wouldn't drive 400 miles to get a furnace motor, but:
: If it is an oil-fired furnace there are probably two motors
: available- the circulating fan motor, and also the air blower
: motor bolted to the side of the burner assembly. I made a
: spindle/drum sander with a blower motor which lasted quite a few
: years. Low HP , but did the job. The blower motors are also
: sealed units, so fairly dust resistant. You'd need to fix a
: bracket to mount the blower motor horizontally.
: Some circulating fan motors are very 'open' so perhaps some sort of
: dust protection would be a good idea.

: More HP is always handy (my 12 disc sander has a 1 (Chinese) HP
: motor), but you can get by with what you can find for that
: sander. If you are not using the belt, (I don't know if it slips
: off easily on that model) removing it can reduce the power
: requirements a lot. Also, using sharp sandpaper on the disc
: requires less power- the bigger motor comes in handy on the
: 'just one more job and I'll change the disc' days.... There's
: not much startup torque on a sander, so most any old motor will
: do.

: It's fun getting old tools running again....but it was a lot easier
: when they let us visit the dump aka handyman shopping mall!
: ;-)

Thanks John,
I found out there are a couple other motor stores here so I plan to check them out for used motors. I know restoring something old back to usable condition can be mildly rewarding.