What I have - A fan motor that has 3 taps on the coil that goes to a switch that has low , medium , high settings. It is 110 volts AC !
What I want ti do - I would like to use a rheostat to slow the motor down to all most stop, so I can use it as a pickup winder.
I want to know if and how I can do that ????
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Well I went ahead and tried something.
I was at lowes one day and they had some of those slide dimmer switches in the mark down cart for 4 dollars so I got it.
Took it home and wired it up to my fan motor.
it worked with no sparks or shorts, so I turned the speed up and let it run for a while then slowed it down and let it run for a while.
No excessive heat build up!
So I put my practice bobbin on and started winding with sewing thread.
I worked fairly well, now I need to do some fine adjustments and I will try the real thing when I get my wire.
Just to let yall know....... I confired with an electrician friend of mine be for I did this and he told me the worst that could happen is that I would burn the motor up, but he didn't think it would using it for that short of time.
I will post a pic latter.
Thanks for the info on the rheostat. What does the out side diameters of your pullys mesure? Skeesix said:
The little pulley is just what's on the end of the sewing machine motor shaft - it's 1/2" or so. The big pulley is 4.5". I couldn't find what I needed commercially, so i just made my own out of acrylic.
Thanks for the info on the rheostat. What does the out side diameters of your pullys mesure? Skeesix said:
The little pulley is just what's on the end of the sewing machine motor shaft - it's 1/2" or so. The big pulley is 4.5". I couldn't find what I needed commercially, so i just made my own out of acrylic.
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I was at lowes one day and they had some of those slide dimmer switches in the mark down cart for 4 dollars so I got it.
Took it home and wired it up to my fan motor.
it worked with no sparks or shorts, so I turned the speed up and let it run for a while then slowed it down and let it run for a while.
No excessive heat build up!
So I put my practice bobbin on and started winding with sewing thread.
I worked fairly well, now I need to do some fine adjustments and I will try the real thing when I get my wire.
Just to let yall know....... I confired with an electrician friend of mine be for I did this and he told me the worst that could happen is that I would burn the motor up, but he didn't think it would using it for that short of time.
I will post a pic latter.
Skeesix said:
So now its off to find a sewing machine.
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