On Apr 7, 6:42*am, "Wild_Bill" wrote:
I've generally always gotten some level of enjoyment out of repairing stuff
just for my own use, but for a commercial application that a man derives
income from, replacing the motor would very likely be the most cost
effective solution.
.....
As many of the HSMs here know, having a couple of metalworking machines
makes a great many things possible, and often practical.. but we can also
remember when we didn't have the machining capabilities, and generally
everything was much more difficult (and many times just beyond the scope of
our capabilities with only limited tools).
.....
Maybe it's mostly age, but I never liked to see someone bust their ass to
attain poor results, yet that's what some folks are used to doing. Many
large companies operate like this year after year.

WB

I fully agree with you but I don't maintain that laundromat.

I have completely different standards for home and commercial
projects. Non-critical projects are sometimes patched together by
whatever cheap means are at hand, cases where I depend on the results
to keep my job or maintain my car and house are done right, bearing
the cost as insurance.

The grey area is making a quick temporary fix to keep a production
line running until the right parts arrive, or a similarly crude fix to
a seldom-used test fixture that will never be redone properly later.
Then it's a judgement call on whether I take too long to do it now or
risk being yanked off an important project to fix it again later.

In this case the OP's serious problem is merely an intellectual
challenge for us. I try not to assert that a certain fix WILL work,
instead only make relatively vague suggestions to widen the range of
choices.

Jim Wilkins