Stopped at a garage sale a few weeks back and for $8 took home one of those
little 8" swing (4" spindle to post), import drill presses. Thought it would be handy
to have over on the shop side bench where I do my truck, tractor and lawn care
equipment work.
Reason it went for eight bucks was the motor is kaput. Just hums when you switch
it on. I took a gamble that it had a bad capacitor but that's ok so the motor probably
has a bad winding.
So.....any ideas where I can find one of those small 1/3 hp 1750 rpm motors for
those little import drill presses.....cheap????
I don't think these are really 1/3 hp motors cuz they're really quite small for that
size motor. Been to Grainger YIKES, as usual, I could buy three new drill presses
for what Grainger wants for a motor. Didn't find anything on Ebay either.
If they can sell these complete presses for fifty or sixty bucks, you would think that
you could find a motor for one on the cheap.
And to top it off, the output shaft looks like it's some darn oddball metric size like
14 mm (.551 in.). That's not a problem, cuz I can bore the pulley or machine a sleeve
It.
Denny G
Last edited by Denny Graham; 11/18/2017 5:10 PM.
