2 Attachment(s)
Calling all electric motor experts........
Wayne Goddard's "The $50 Knife Shop" book talks about old electric motors from clothes dryers working well as the basis for a homemade grinder. RPMs of that type of motor I understand are the lower 1750 which makes sense for grinding metal. I've heard that 2hp rather than 1hp is ideal for a grinder.
I got this motor that's never been used (it was a replacement motor for a wood jointer).
Attachment 11500
Attachment 11501
Other than being a higher RPM motor and only 1hp, is there any cost effective way for me to use this motor for building a 2"x72" grinder? It cost me nothing, so if it would be costly to retro or modify this motor to work well, no biggie.
As you can probably tell, I know next to nothing about electric motors.
Thanks!
Chris L