--- In GrizHFMinimill@yahoogroups.com, "chucketn" <chunk07@...> wrote:
>
> Well, after a long day in the shop, my poor ole X2 mill is back in service. I removed the stock motor, disconnected the AC, and adapted a 2 1/2 hp treadmill motor to it.
> I made a belt pulley from the left had thread cast iron flywheel/groved pulley that was on the treadmill.
> I adapted the end plate of the treadmill motor to the mounting plate of the origional motor that adapts to the belt drive and adjusts the belt tension.
> I replaced the broken fuse holder, that the origional owner of the mill had bypassed, with the speed control pot for the treadmill controller.
> I can swap the origional motor back by removing 4 screws, and removing the speed pot, reinstalling the origional motor spacers and motor after the origional controller is repaired.
> I have another 2 1/2 hp motor the same size I will eventually set up to fit my MicroMark lathe. And another one for the belt sander, and another for... Oh, it never ends.
> Oh, the treadmill motor, driving the smaller pulley on the belt drive, runs steadily from 50 rpm to 2600 rpm! Woohoo!
>
> Chuck in E. TN
>
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