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Default Upside-down drill press

On Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:45:38 -0600, Ignoramus15362
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On 2011-03-10, Larry Jaques wrote:


The only thing I'd worry about is whether or not the motors have the
same thrust bearings top and bottom. You might be able to reverse
their mounting position and flip the pulley over, though. I guess it'd
depend on the shaft length.


Motors usually do not have thrust bearings.


Bearings might hold the armature solid. Otherwise, some sort of
thrust bushings have to be there to keep it from moving.

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