Does anyone know how to reverse direction of electric motor? I have a 1/2 hp motor that I would like use for buffing,but it goes the wrong way.
Greg and Fred If I turn it around the beall buffs will spin off the mandrel?
Greg and Fred If I turn it around the beall buffs will spin off the mandrel?
Bill, thats it,you did it, the wiring diagram helped alot. I took a shot and switched the blue and the black and bingo it's going the other way. Thanks again Bill
I not trying to hijack this thread but if the motor pulley is a step pulley and 2 belts 1 belt running to the right and 1 belt running to the left to pillar blocks,will the buffing wheels on the pillar blocks rotate the same way or not ?
twisting a belt that turn at low RPM is very different compare to a high speed belt twist,could you use a idler pulley to keep tension on the belt ?
Yes, about the only idea I could think of for a mechanical solution is a round belt. Vacuum cleaners use this all the time. Since buffing is really not that much of a high torque situation, it might be possible to scavenge some pulleys and try to locate a nice long vacuum cleaner belt. A little wire tracing and a simple switch is much more practical solution. By the way, what part of the wheel you buff with will not make any difference whether the buff comes loose. If the rotation direction is wrong, it's wrong. I'm not sure I'm understanding what those comments were about.
CCW is the normal forward direction for a lathe chuck. It is also the normal direction for a buffing wheel if it is mounted on a RH threaded mandrel.
Most of the vacuum cleaner belts that I have seen are a bit on the small side although they do not really need to be large for a buffer. The kind of round belt that I was thinking about is used in industrial machinery and runs in standard v-belt pulleys. They have even been used as automotive fan belts in the distant past.
Ray, are you talking about the really really old industrial lathes that were powered off line shafts during the 1800's?