Ah I see. There's definitely just one motor in it, it's not a huge machine. It seems to drive a belt which just drives the cutter, the feed isn't powered.
I've picked up a spares/repairs timber planer/thicknesser for £not much. It has lots of complicated wiring on it which I haven't a cat in hell's chance of putting back together. I suspect the complex wiring has something to do with the safety switches that are fitted to stop you running the...
If it is cement it will be cheaper than if it is AIB.
Cement is non-licensed so the only real extra cost is PPE, hazardous waste disposal and a bit of risk money "coz it's asbestos".
If it's AIB it is licensed work, nothing out of the ordinary though.
Guilty as charged. Cobbled together a working horizontal mill from the bits. Was going to hang on to the second frame and build a vertical but the bits don't seem to come up often!
There doesn't look to be a capacitor, if there is it's certainly not accessible without stripping the motor down.
What I am calling a switch here is a bit different to the conventional switches I have seen on YouTube videos of faulty switches (similar to a diesel governer). This is what looks...
Done the same tests on the grey one now, hasn't blown a fuse. Bear in mind what I said earlier about the blue sander having less mechanical resistance but blowing fuses, I think the problem is inside the motor.
When spinning the blue motor pulley backwards there's a rotational clicking that...
A bit more fiddling with a new fuse...
No belts connected, motor started 10-15 times absolutely fine.
Drum belts only connected, motor started 5-10 times absolutely fine. Sanded a test patch fine.
Extractor belt only connected, again absolutely fine 5-10 times
All three belts together...
The fuses so far have been Bussman, no idea if they're good or not to be honest. If you're managing a 2.7kw motor then surely I should be fine with a measly 1.5kw?
Don't think I dare do that!! There must be a solution as there's no way houses would have had 16a sockets when the sanders were new (they're big cast iron lumps so not recent!)
https://www.mad4tools.com/defender-rcd-unit-13-16amp-240v-with-plug-socket?refSrc=3551&nosto=nosto-page-product1
Would something like this solve my problem?
Thanks for the detailed reply, lots to consider.
The motor has a triple pulley on it. Two belts drive the sanding drum and one drives a dust extraction impeller. I'm starting it with the drum lifted off the floor (there's a lever/mechanism that lifts and drops the drum). It doesn't blow every...
One for the electrical boffins such as @brightspark ...
As mentioned on the today I acquired thread I have bought two Haywood floor sanders that were sold spares/repair on eBay. One blue and one grey.
The grey one had a broken live/neutral cable between the 13a plug and motor. Snipped it back...
Three floor sanders - a working Clark 7 edge sander and two Haywood drum sanders "for parts or not working".
A quick continuity test on the leads shows a break in the cable. Trim the cable and rewire, now all three work. Three for the price of one!
Anyone know where I can get a reasonably...