swarfmeister
Aluminum
- Joined
- Aug 29, 2017
I have a late 1030's VN-12 which I'm both using and reconditioning. I know for a fact that this machine spent an extended period of time outdoors prior to getting it. The feed drive motor is the original, but has the remnants of about 7K layers of paints which render the builders tag unreadable despite attempts to cajole it into revealing its secrets. I believe it's a 1/4 HP plane bearing motor. While it does start and run, it soon heats up and slows down after a couple minutes idling (without engaging the feed gears).
Does anyone have a frame size and rpm for this motor so I can figure out a replacement? I'm not concerned with originality, more function. Am running of a static PC which runs the Baldor spindle drive motor like a champ, the machine is otherwise what one would call "well used" and came from a production environment where it pretty much ran the same slotting operation since Hector was a pup, so it is likely that this old motor is just worn out. Any help would be appreciated.
Does anyone have a frame size and rpm for this motor so I can figure out a replacement? I'm not concerned with originality, more function. Am running of a static PC which runs the Baldor spindle drive motor like a champ, the machine is otherwise what one would call "well used" and came from a production environment where it pretty much ran the same slotting operation since Hector was a pup, so it is likely that this old motor is just worn out. Any help would be appreciated.