Glaco Model Ps-6 Clutch Motor

[cdthayer]

I have an H-leg industrial stand that has a Glaco Model PS-6 "Sewing Machine Transmitter" (clutch motor) on it. There was no machine in it when I got it, but the cut-out is good for the Singer 111-series machines. It's a 1725 RPM, 110VAC motor.

It came from a cleaning shop, so it probably had a fabric-sewing machine in it previously. Does anyone have any experience with this Glaco clutch motor pulling combination-feed machines for heavier work than fabric? Would it be as good or better than my Singer #S-463141 "Electric Transmitter" (clutch motor) that came to me with my Singer 111G156? It's a 1725 RPM, 110-115 VAC motor in a similar H-leg stand.

I can't keep them both, so I'm just trying to decide which one to keep and which one to let go.

CD in Oklahoma

[Wizcrafts]

That motor is rated at 2/5 H.P. which is a little on the low side for torque, depending on the material density and motor pulley diameter. If it has a 2" pulley, it will drive a standard walking foot machine, equipped with a #22 leather point needle, through a couple layers of belt leather.

[cdthayer]

Thanks Wiz. Of course the pulley size would matter, and I didn't give you that information. I can't get to them right now to measure them, but from photos I have of them, it looks like the Glaco may even be less than a 2" pulley, and the Singer appears to be about a 3"

Thanks for your input.

CD in Oklahoma

[J Hayes]

Keep the Singer, made in USA and a bit more powerful, keep the pulley off the other though, just in case.

Unless you have the space to keep both.

Just my .02 (overpriced at that)

Edited November 30, 2013 by J Hayes

[J Hayes]

Oops

Edited November 30, 2013 by J Hayes