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Ian,

I don't have the jockey pulleys, but I do have a 3 step V pulley; so I was contemplating just mounting the motor behind the headstock with the usual 3 speed setup. I'll look into the round belt setup, trouble is space is at a premium so i thought the v-belt setup might be more compact.

It is bigger, but it should fit. Farnell does have it, so I may as well try and add it to my order, meanwhile I'll check the RFI.

Thanks.

Ah, thanks everyone! It does have a commutator so that does seem like the correct type of capacitor. I'll buy that one that Dave Daniels linked to... It's typical, I placed an order with Farnell just yesterday, I'll have to see if they can add it to that order before they despatch it (it's £20 minimum order on card payments).

Thanks again.

I'm in the London area, but can post as it's only a few kg. (Sorry, would have added this to above post but didn't see the edit post function until now)

Edited By Daniel Cole 1 on 30/03/2014 13:54:23

Does anyone have any knowledge of "Run" Capacitors for single phase motors?

I have a little pendant drill motor that upon dismantling i discovered the capacitor inside had exploded; there was no clue to the 'value' of capacitor, at least none that was left on the remaining casing. I emailed the original manufacturer to see if they may have information in their archives (long shot as i imagine it's 30+ years old), that turned up nothing.

It is some kind of film capacitor, but unusually has 3 terminals, and I assume the motor is a PSC type motor, it has a footswitch for speed control.

Could anyone hazard a guess to what capacitor to replace it with? I don't want to damage the windings by fitting the wrong capacitor. The motor is labeled 'Deroter' and is 60 watts.

Hi,

I've just recently bought an old pillar drill which has excessive spindle play, i would like to use it for drilling and tapping small diameter holes, so obviously play needs to be at a minimum.

The bearings (bronze) in the headstock are worn, and the spindle looks to have slightly eccentric wear in one spot (contact point of upper quill bearing), the wear on the rest of the spindle seems minimal. I don't currently have access to the tools required to machine and replace the bushes in the headstock and make the spindle true.

Also, I would like to fit a V-belt pulley instead of the round belt one fitted at the moment.

I was wondering if anyone knew someone that (or they themselves) would take this kind of job on at a good price?

I've attached some images:

for size reference, total length of spindle is around 30cm