11-24-2012, 07:58 PM
Greg,
I wouldn't mess with the motor either. Hardinge put a lot of engineering into that drive and I doubt that you could slap a commercial motor in it and get the same performance. I haven't looked at mine in a while, but the motor itself may be part of the variable speed and braking mechanism. I'm away from home right now, but I'll take a look at it when I get home. If you could figure out an economical way to generate the proper voltage, that would probably be the better way to go.
Beware of those government auctions, a lot of that stuff isn't properly stored. In fact, a lot of it just gets put outside until it can be disposed of.
Tom
I wouldn't mess with the motor either. Hardinge put a lot of engineering into that drive and I doubt that you could slap a commercial motor in it and get the same performance. I haven't looked at mine in a while, but the motor itself may be part of the variable speed and braking mechanism. I'm away from home right now, but I'll take a look at it when I get home. If you could figure out an economical way to generate the proper voltage, that would probably be the better way to go.
Beware of those government auctions, a lot of that stuff isn't properly stored. In fact, a lot of it just gets put outside until it can be disposed of.
Tom
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