Anyone ever heard of "Subem" motors?

[kjelgaard]

I bought a Pfaff 545 a few weeks ago and I love it. The motor, however, is way too fast for my tastes and I find that with precise stitching around corners I have to turn off the motor and start moving it by hand. This lends itself to really inaccurate and uneven stitching, because the fabric shifts too much. I want to sell the motor and get a servo on Ebay.

The motor it has now is a 1/3 HP 1450 RPM "Subem" model M-60. I looked them up and found nothing. My guess is that they are a defunct Japanese company. What would be a fair asking price for this type of motor?

[Art]

Are you in 50Hz land? The motor sure is. It won't hurt much to run mechanical motors on 50 or 60Hz, generally only the speed differs (1450 for 50Hz and 1750 for 60Hz usually), but you sure want to run an electronic motor on the correct frequency.

Used clutch motors aren't worth much $10-$20.

Art

I bought a Pfaff 545 a few weeks ago and I love it. The motor, however, is way too fast for my tastes and I find that with precise stitching around corners I have to turn off the motor and start moving it by hand. This lends itself to really inaccurate and uneven stitching, because the fabric shifts too much. I want to sell the motor and get a servo on Ebay.

The motor it has now is a 1/3 HP 1450 RPM "Subem" model M-60. I looked them up and found nothing. My guess is that they are a defunct Japanese company. What would be a fair asking price for this type of motor?