3/4hp motor For Wizbang plucker project.

[5acrehome]

Where are the most affordable places to get a motor that will work. Does anyone know what types of devices use that big of a motor that I could harvest one from. I was thinking a compressor, one of the smaller ones people use in shops. I am just looking for ideas at this point.

 

[crperdue]

I bought mine off the shelf at Agrisupply. I could have got it cheaper online,
but then shipping added so much $ that it was more than buying local.

I could never find a 3/4 hp motor at the right rpm anywhere I could scavage.

 

[TimG]

I'm looking for a 1.5 hp, 1725 rpm (with 10:1 planetary gearing making it 172.5 rpm), 115v, 14.4 amp motor.

 

[NevadaRon]

How about old (industrial) swamp cooler motors?

 

[5acrehome]

took the pigs to the butch yesterday and picked up a 3/4hp 3phase motor no clue how i will be able to use this in my applications but hey it was free.

 

[NevadaRon]

It is possible to run 3-phase motors on single phase power. I read about it somewhere...

I'm sure you could find instructions on the internet!

 

[TyrannosaurusChix]

i am VERY interested in this thread!!! i have two 3/4 motors out in the garage

I will have to check out the RPMs. By next year i want my own whizzer( providing the processing goes well and we want to rinse and repeat )

 

[obxWaMi]

I know NOTHING about motors, but I saw a wizbanger on youtube made out of a washing machine. What type of motors do they have? Looks to me like a washer would be pretty easy to modify.

 

[NevadaRon]

It depends on the brand, model, etc. but most of them will have either a 1/2 or 3/4 hp motor. I'm not sure how easy it would be to convert, though...

Washing machines have a transmission in them for the various cycles - you would have to bypass that. They must have used parts from a washing machine (like the tub and motor) to build it. Could you post the youtube link? I'd like to see that!

 

[obxWaMi]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC051HphyvY&feature=fvsr

Oh, hey, I did figure out how to post a link. Neat!

This should be the washing machine chicken plucker. (I hope)