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DanG DanG is offline
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Default Drill press and Variable Speed

Bob,
I will need to check, though it did seem to run up fairly high
when I had it locked in the vise.

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"Bob Engelhardt" wrote in message
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DanG wrote:
... a commercial tread
mill with a 1 1/2 HP, 90 V DC, variable Leeson motor. ...


First: what is the new motor's RPM? Many of the treadmill
motors run 6-7000 rpm. If you just electrically lower the speed
you loose hp proportionally. Lowering with pulleys can be
troublesome.

Bob