The house we just moved in to came with a dish washer, only it didn't work. It surely won't work now, not only because we replaced it, but also because I tore it to pieces. I scavenged a lot of nifty switches and relays and stuff that I'll learn how to use later but what I want to use now is the motor. For a grain mill.
No pics as of yet, but it's a 1/3hp, 110v, 3100rpm motor with a threaded shaft. The problem is that when I use the handy dandy interweb thinkin machine here: http://www.blocklayer.com/Pulley-BeltEng.aspx, it says I need at least a 2" to 24" plus pulley system. And that only gets me down to 260rpm.
I know, it's too much spin for a mill, but more than that, I don't fancy the idea of 2 feet plus worth of twirling anything when I'm around a brew or two. I know that you guys use potentiometers with your stir plates, but that's DC. Would it work in a similar fashion with an AC motor?
No pics as of yet, but it's a 1/3hp, 110v, 3100rpm motor with a threaded shaft. The problem is that when I use the handy dandy interweb thinkin machine here: http://www.blocklayer.com/Pulley-BeltEng.aspx, it says I need at least a 2" to 24" plus pulley system. And that only gets me down to 260rpm.
I know, it's too much spin for a mill, but more than that, I don't fancy the idea of 2 feet plus worth of twirling anything when I'm around a brew or two. I know that you guys use potentiometers with your stir plates, but that's DC. Would it work in a similar fashion with an AC motor?