I have an old washing machine that popped smoke, but (I think) the motor is OK. Should I just dump it or can the motor be used for something in the workshop?

bench mount Belt and disc sanders.
Have squizz on you tube or instructables for ideas

Just an idea but don't they vibrate on the spin cycle .

It is common for the Fisher and Paykel smartdrive motors to be used as generators.

Other motors I am not so sure of, but I suspect that the HP of these are not enough to be that useful.

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Tardy said..
Just an idea but don't they vibrate on the spin cycle .

Bit industrial for that , who's going to test it ?

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Imax1 said..

Tardy said..
Just an idea but don't they vibrate on the spin cycle .

Bit industrial for that , who's going to test it ?

I could recommend some seabreeze celebrities from the heavy weather days of old, or a few kiters. It might also involve a truncheon and some gaffa tape though (probably not needed for the kiters)

but I always thought the washing machine jiggles came from an uneven loading?

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Imax1 said..

Tardy said..
Just an idea but don't they vibrate on the spin cycle .

Bit industrial for that , who's going to test it ?

Did I tell you about my next door neighbour who likes to hang out her washing out in the nude ?

I wonder if she has a Kelvinator , back to thread ,seems a waste to throw out a good electric motor .
I'm guessing it has only one pulley .or is it shaft driven ,

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Tardy said..

Imax1 said..

Tardy said..
Just an idea but don't they vibrate on the spin cycle .

Bit industrial for that , who's going to test it ?

Did I tell you about my next door neighbour who likes to hang out her washing out in the nude ?

I wonder if she has a Kelvinator , back to thread ,seems a waste to throw out a good electric motor .
I'm guessing it has only one pulley .or is it shaft driven ,

Smart neighbour, gets all the washing done in one go. Hate doing the washing only to be faced with more washing that evening.

I will keep the motor and attempt to make a disc sander out of it. I will accomplish this in the nude.

Please tell me you are going to use protection

could make a board spinner, for when you forget to do up the bung.

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Shifu said..
I will keep the motor and attempt to make a disc sander out of it. I will accomplish this in the nude.

Normally we would want pics of the build.......

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Orange Whip said..
Please tell me you are going to use protection

Protection? No way - I always work without a net.

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elmo said..
bench mount Belt and disc sanders.
Have squizz on you tube or instructables for ideas

It may be possible to make a wood lathe

Really .............. ?
It would be much cheaper buying a crappy lathe or belt sander from Aldi and it would be much better. With a one-year warranty. Not to mention safer.
What you obviously need to do with a busted washing machine is simply add a space modulator and you would have a basic intergalactic quantum hyperdrive unit.
Should be just enough to get a cat to the other side of a parallel universe.

Strip the copper out of the motor & use the money to buy windsurfing gear

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Imax1 said..
Really .............. ?
It would be much cheaper buying a crappy lathe or belt sander from Aldi and it would be much better. With a one-year warranty. Not to mention safer.
What you obviously need to do with a busted washing machine is simply add a space modulator and you would have a basic intergalactic quantum hyperdrive unit.
Should be just enough to get a cat to the other side of a parallel universe.

If the motor's still kicking, why not repurpose it? You could turn it into a cool DIY project in the workshop. Motors can be handy for various things.

Better than using copper to buy gear, add fangy fin, or something heavy, film.
Get millions of youtube views, monetize and i guess you could buy new boom.
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Imax1 said..
Really .............. ?
It would be much cheaper buying a crappy lathe or belt sander from Aldi and it would be much better. With a one-year warranty. Not to mention safer.
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I struggle with this mindset. I grew up in a family where we didn't have much, so often things were repaired or bought second-hand, and things were kept to be used for something else down the road. It's hard to get that out of your system when you are brought up that way.

Now days things are not usually meant to be repaired and with the cheap stuff from China, it's hard to go past buying something new, even if the quality sucks. Buying something twice or three times is still cheaper than buying a more expensive item or even repairing it.

I don't want to change, but I am finding that keeping spares for something that may not ever break is just taking up space and at the end of the day I may as well buy a new replacement. Even electronic kits that I used to enjoy making are being replaced with prebuilt modules from China.

I did stray from this though recently, sort of. Instead of repairing or replacing my crappy Ryobi whipper snippers I bought some Chinese Honda clone motors online and turned the Ryobi units into almost Honda whipper snippers. They work brilliantly and are not only cheaper than the genuine Honda units, but are cheaper than the inferior Ryobi units.

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Imax1 said..
a basic intergalactic quantum hyperdrive unit.
Should be just enough to get a cat to the other side of a parallel universe.

This works.
But I couldn't find a cat that wanted to get in so I did. Best trip ever. I've thought about getting back in it and going back, but I want to learn to jibe here first.

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MobZ said..

Imax1 said..
a basic intergalactic quantum hyperdrive unit.
Should be just enough to get a cat to the other side of a parallel universe.

This works.
But I couldn't find a cat that wanted to get in so I did. Best trip ever. I've thought about getting back in it and going back, but I want to learn to jibe here first.

Simply go to a parallel universe that is the same as ours but one where your a jibing genius and just stay there.

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MobZ said..

Imax1 said..
a basic intergalactic quantum hyperdrive unit.
Should be just enough to get a cat to the other side of a parallel universe.

This works.
But I couldn't find a cat that wanted to get in so I did. Best trip ever. I've thought about getting back in it and going back, but I want to learn to jibe here first.

You might need to spell gybe correctly if you want to learn how to do it! Jibe is the US spelling for gybe. Jibe also means an insult or mocking remark.

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John340 said..

MobZ said..

Imax1 said..
a basic intergalactic quantum hyperdrive unit.
Should be just enough to get a cat to the other side of a parallel universe.

This works.
But I couldn't find a cat that wanted to get in so I did. Best trip ever. I've thought about getting back in it and going back, but I want to learn to jibe here first.

You might need to spell gybe correctly if you want to learn how to do it! Jibe is the US spelling for gybe. Jibe also means an insult or mocking remark.

Do the Yanks jibe differently to us ? Is this because of the extra weight of the boom gun holster ?

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John340 said..
You might need to spell gybe correctly if you want to learn how to do it! Jibe is the US spelling for gybe. Jibe also means an insult or mocking remark.

I was wondering about this. Thanks. I spell it that way sometimes as that is the way i read it sometimes, from the jibe masters and also the gybe masters. Are they different sides of the force? ****. Now i don't know if i want to learn to jibe or gybe.

There are Dodge Rams in Oz now. I am partly American from my time there.
It is a brave new world.

I think it should be called 'the jive'. Because, like the disintegrating washing machine, it is kind of like jazz i think.
I need to get back in the intergalactic quantum hyperdrive unit now and re-plot my course.

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Imax1 said..
Really .............. ?
It would be much cheaper buying a crappy lathe or belt sander from Aldi and it would be much better. With a one-year warranty. Not to mention safer.
What you obviously need to do with a busted washing machine is simply add a space modulator and you would have a basic intergalactic quantum hyperdrive unit.
Should be just enough to get a cat to the other side of a parallel universe.

I don't share your faith in Aldi...but neither does an unbalanced machine on a plywood frame impress me. At the end of the day, the motor is probably best used as a boat anchor or to put in some misplaced crab pot that is floating around the sailing area.

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MobZ said..
Better than using copper to buy gear, add fangy fin, or something heavy, film.
Get millions of youtube views, monetize and i guess you could buy new boom.

?si=8SR3pJPRXuQvmTAm

This guy makes an awesome neighbour.

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MobZ said..

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I think I have lost my marbles. I laughed so loud at that video that my wife thought I was having a fit.

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philn said..
I think I have lost my marbles. I laughed so loud at that video that my wife thought I was having a fit.

Yes your marbles might be a bit loose if you were laughing like that. Your wife will be worried i'm sure.

I am worse though, i searched and watched many different ones. Some catch fire, some explode, and some seem to come alive in a great dance of death.

I'm trying to come up with a solution to keep kite school students away from me at my spot. Thinking if i strap a few of these to me it might keep them clear.

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John340 said..



You might need to spell gybe correctly if you want to learn how to do it! Jibe is the US spelling for gybe. Jibe also means an insult or mocking remark.

Do the Yanks jibe differently to us ? Is this because of the extra weight of the boom gun holster ?

no, it's because Yanks jibe in imperial and the rest in metric.