DC motors have peak torque at stall - I would not change out the motor on
your drill press - use this motor on a wood working lathe or sell it to
persons who do wood turning


"DanG" wrote in message
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I had always hoped to come across a variable speed motor for my old
Rockwell 15" wood worker's drill press or some other way to get it geared a
bit lower. I gave up on finding a variable speed motor and bought a
Westward brand heavy 20" drill press with 12 speeds from Grainger's. I
have just about finished making small modifications to the table and making
it "mine". Wouldn't you know - I just acquired a variable speed motor.
The new drill came with a 1 HP. The new acquisition came from a commercial
tread mill with a 1 1/2 HP, 90 V DC, variable Leeson motor. The output
shafts are even the same and the frame mounting pattern is adaptable.

Should I proceed or is the variable motor more valuable on something else?
Should I install the multi-sheave pulley on the variable motor and
continue to run through the multiple pulleys?
Is there a simple way to make this reversible?



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