1934 Electric Motor - Let's Build A Die Filer, Part 8.

Hey everyone- since people keep mentioning it, no I will not be painting the motor. It’s spotlessly clean and has a beautiful hard-earned patina from 90 years of work. I wouldn’t dare touch that.

Regarding the oil, a few folks pointed out that GL-5 (sulphur-containing) gear oil is not safe for brass/bronze parts, and you’re right. I missed that and will be changing to a GL-4 oil. Thanks for the tips!

Stargate Reference......awesome

Can't tell you how happy I was to see the motor driving that filer near-silently at the end! So smooth! Really great work, Quinn!

A slight amendment to the statement about slip - induction motors have speed slip, permanent magnet motors have angular slip. The amount of slip depends on the load, with 3-4% slip being typical for a moderately loaded induction drive.

Stupid question here. Is it possible to replace the heavy metal parts of the motor. Like the casing with carbon fibre. To lower its general weight ?

Sadly the German word filer just returns filer in google. I so wanted it to be something funny.

VERY cool!

As Cameron Mitchell said, “wherever you go, there ya are”

And it’s, uhh, O’Neill— TWO L’s

Well I’m impressed with your knowledge of motors, then an education in oil! I have soooo much to learn!

Great video. I learned a lot and I loved seeing you run the die filer for the first time! Yippee!
I was given an old motor of the ‘universal’ type to power my first lathe. I needed to reverse the direction so I went on the information safari. I wound up speaking to Westinghouse on the phone and they pulled the print out of the vault for me and answered my question. They enjoyed it and so did I.
If I was as brave as you, maybe I would have broken the case open! Next time!

I have an old motor which looks exactly the same, although, the brass nameplate says The British Thompson & Houston Co. Ltd. It will be used to drive a slow speed grinder, which I`m currently making. Thanks for the video.

I thought the ticking was a tappy tap noise

Coming along great

Great infotainment. Knew a bit, learned a lot.

Omg Quinn that Stargate reference was HILARIOUS! I had to do a double take that effect was so smooth, I thought I imagined it at first lol.

crazy lesson on oil this one

I was waiting for the mushroom cloud...

I loved the vid. I have a few of these motors that need cleaning up. You motivated me to start on them. I couldnt find the link to the ratcheting crimping tool you used. I need one of those. Thank you in advance for your help on this.

Hi Queenie, great job as usual. I know allthose motors have been running for years as is, but it would be nice to see some sort of vented dust caps over the motor lube holes to stop the posible odd detritus getting in.
You are not only a great engineer, but you are also a great entertainer with a sence of humor 👍

that would be a great item to use link belting.

Rewinding motors is not all that hard. I taught myself how to do it with a US Army field manual which I got from the library. I rewound two motors. One was a plain 1/4 horse motor (which still sees service on a jigsaw); the other was a very odd-shaped motor from an antique Hoover vacuum cleaner (the owner didn't like any modern vacuum she had seen and of course there were no replacement parts to be had).

Thanks for sharing.

Everything was perfect till you opened the stargate.

Totally irrelevant to anything, but did you know "blondihacks" autocorrects to "diamondbacks"? Thought that was funny.

Quinn, that was a great tutorial on overcoming the REAL issues fabricators face when testing out their creations and overcoming common setbacks. Well done! Thumbs Up!!

Interesting! I was given an old motor like yours and I noticed it had brushes. I assumed it must have been a DC motor since it had no cord attached. Now I'm guessing it is AC. Cool!

I loved the Stargate.

I would use a mineral ep 80 w 90, ep is extreme pressure, or sae30

I need a better crimper. I have a manual one from Thomas and Betts, and its pretty good, but its not great. Got a link to the torque controlled ratcheting crimping tool you are using?

Thankyou 👍

Nice job. That's a pretty nice looking motor. Hope you'll make a stand for this machine. I'd like to see some angle iron, angle gringing, welding video. Best regrats.

When I built my die filer, I mounted it on a board much like your own, and used a similar motor, about a century old. I still have it on the same board with rubber feet so it goes with me on the bench and the motor never did get opened, simply runs great. I ran across about a dozen die files at a flea market a few years earlier and have been using them and it for better than a decade, I expect it to outlive myself. Thanks for showing your trials!

While the auto-parts-store crimper does make a serviceable stripper, once you try a better stripper, you'll wish you'd tried it sooner. I picked one up in the electrical tools section of my local big-box store that uses a replaceable blade, similar to the stripper in a quality network cable termination kit, and it's such a joy to use. The difference between actually cutting the insulation vs. bullying your way through by sheer force of will (and grip) is huge. Unfortunately, I don't currently have the tool handy to get anything useful like a brand or model number, but I imagine it's not hard to find one like it.

Nice work! You do amazing things!

Can I ask something? Why does a rod I'm turning thicken very slightly when I get towards the chuck? Is it tool-wear?

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that is a very cool motor to use for the project.

Congrats! It was great to see that motor cleaned up and used for this. It's a great example of how a well designed bushing based system can work. Almost 100 years old, built with replaceable brushes and probably bushings, too, yet both are likely original. I'm sure it was not in continuous service for that long, but it still speaks to designs that were made to last, which is much more sustainable and overall less expensive than many things made today. Plus it looks great beside the cast filer.

Man I’ve been watching stargate again and thought that reference was funny

Painted! Why.
Looking good as is.

It’s running backwards. You need to turn the whole thing 180 degrees. Lol I kill me. Sorry. I love your videos. You are so smart and I think you’re funny. Thank you for your time and knowledge.

There was a pair of pinball machines set up side by side at the local bowling alley when I was a kid. If you put a hand on each of them you'd get a pretty good tingle. Today I learned one possible cause of that.

Sweet! And yes, it’s still funny.

i have to assume that Quinn did some electrical checks upfront and afterwards - even before the device got powered again.
thinking of the coil still having a low resistance and the insulation still having high resistance.
why spend so much time and other efforts on a device that might have either serious safety issues (or at least some suspects) and might not be operable at all anymore?

And you definitely need some cover for your belt system.
Sure you know about textiles and hairs having the bad chance to get sucked into the belt system really death-dangerousely.

My mind would say a two part design from sheet metal might work: a left half circle one and a right one trapezoid with an end curve - both with a front and back side where the back side has some holes for the rods.

Fun fact; Properly set crimpers & properly sized crimps for the wire gauge SHOULD result in a cold weld connection, hence the strength & reliability.
Extra points for the Stargate reference too 😁

You should give both the filer and the motor a new matching black paint job! Thatll look so cool!

I agree with not painting the motor - but what about the filer casting?😮