A fairly large (and heavy) ceiling fan jumped across the street and into my shop last night. Looks like it fell from it's mounting - light part is somewhat bent but the motor seems fine - must be useful for something even if I have to keep it for ten years to find a use other than a boat anchor. Gerry :-)} London, Canada
Did it pass your 'incoming QA' test? Is it one of those variable speed thingys?
--Winston
I heard that those motors can be used to make a ceiling fan.
Ship it to any random address in China, and it will soon be delivered to a retail store in the U.S., labeled as a 3/4 HP bench grinder, drill press or a 2 HP air compressor.
I put a plywood disk on one, put sandpaper on it and used it as a low speed sharpener. The motor Isn't very powerful and and will easily bog down. It works and won't overhead the blade. The reversing ability is nice for sharpening both sides of a blade in the same direction. Karl
LOL. I had a "3/4" hp china made grinder years ago. Was about 1/16 hp in real power.
Those Chinese horses are somewhat smaller
Same thing I told my neighbor. Miniature horses.
Last time I looked, you could get arms, blades, and fixtures seperately at the BORG...
I have one still. You obviously don't understand the advanced technology incorporated in it. It is designed to keep you from overheating and thus ruining the heat treat of whatever you are grinding. ;)
Wes
Realized I still had that POS. Was moving some stuff in the garage, and there is was on end on the floor.
I agree about the 1/16 hp comment.
Wes
Yup Gerry :-)} London, Canada
Yabut then I would need to aquire mounting hardware and fan blades. Gerry :-)} London, Canada
If it is a Home Depot unit, they are warranteed for life. Just take it in and say it fell from the ceiling, I need a new one. Then if you are somewhat crooked, return it for store credit and get a nice tool or someithing.
Take a close look at the bearings. Some can tolerate being flipped on their side and run horizontally. Some can't.
I was going to suggest a hybrid swamp boat, motor but that won't work without the fan
Mark Rand RTFM
Well, it would not work without the boat either.
But this is metalworking. Easy to weld up an aluminum hull. A couple brackets for the motor. Brackets for the batteries, lots of brackets for lots of batteries, and engine mounts for the generator. New CNC plasma cutting table to loft the patterns.
Then Iggy'd need the swamp to run it in :-)
Mark Rand RTFM
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