Turning Down a Motor Shaft

[Sunset Machine]

(06-09-2012, 03:59 PM)EdAK Wrote:

(06-09-2012, 11:56 AM)Sunset Machine Wrote: The motor will probably exceed the capacity of the pulleys/belts and squeal at startup and load, maybe even eat belts, but we'll never know if we don't try... :)

Sunset,

Why do you say that?
The 3-phase motor I got is the same HP as the original single phase motor and I'll be using the same belt and the same pulley, if I decide to turn down the motor shaft.

I misread, thought you were hanging a larger 3 phase where a little single was. Anyway, turning the shaft down should be a piece of cake. Fitting a key will take longer. I'd ask if there are centers in the shaft, but at the risk of misreading posts again, I won't.