Your Clutch drive Motors ?

[Bert51]

@toxo I found it easy, I had a shaft with a thread on one end and two bearings, put a pulley between them.

Screwed the disk on one end, my friend already had the the belt sander pulleys, just had to make the mount on the idler pulley adjustable.

Made a frame out of some old steel we had, mounted the motor so it lined up with the pulley on the shaft and used an old treadle I had from industrial table and using the clutch you can vary the speed of the sander as needed.

Bert.

[DonInReno]

This post is a good example of how easy it is to get a commercial sewing machine up and running for very little money.  These clutch motors can barely be given away - I’d bet lunch that in every town someone has one they don’t want in the landfill and would gladly donate if someone needed it.   Same for K legs and generic old tops - you just about have to pay someone to take them. Lol
 

At the most extreme I see about two free walking foot heads given away each year in between Reno and the Bay Area.  The latest was a 111w155 complete with table and motor. 

[Handstitched]

6 hours ago, DonInReno said:

The latest was a 111w155 complete with table and motor. 

Thats a good find. They're good machines . 

I'm still waiting to find a 132K6 in a kerbside rubbish collection, HA  

In a famous Aussie movie quote " Tell him he's dreaming" .

I'd prefer to re-use, recycle, or donate, rather than stuff go to landfill . Too much goes to landfill. 

HS

[Bert51]

@Handstitched I really hope you are not holding your breather waiting.

You have already said it, one of my favourite quotes.

I have one here, but it will not be getting put out to the kerbside, any time.

Bert.

[Handstitched]

@Bert51 no, not holding my breath  

a 132K6 is on my sewing machine bucket list. I already have 4 machines, the others are the  K6  and post bed machine,.....mmmm....?....and maybe a long arm   

HS 

[Bert51]

I was looking at a nice post machine and the wife said, "Okay, how much dust does that collect"

Her way of saying am I going to use it or just collect another one. I must admit I have been a little slack the last 12 months.

Bert.

[Wizcrafts]

Since this topic is about clutch motors, I will chime in. I currently have 3 machines equipped with 1/3 or 1/2 horsepower clutch motors. Two go directly to the machine and one goes through a 2:1 reducer. I have adjusted the action on these motors for a smooth gradual engagement with a fair amount of slack before they engage. There is a trick to keeping the slack and that is to tighten up the spring that pulls the control arm upwards toward the motor. Sometimes that spring is left loose enough that the control arm drops from its own weight (and the attached foot pedal) almost to the point of engaging the clutch on its own. The adjustment is usually done with a wing nut on the right side of the control arm. You may have to secure the left side of the shaft the spring rides on if it rotates with the wing nut.

If the clutch is too grabby it can be sanded down or have a little oil or grease smeared on one side, then wiped off.

There are small pulleys available to slow down clutch motors. I have a 2" pulley on the way for my newest 1/2 HP, 1720 rpm E-Z Clutch motor that powers a Singer 211G156 that I just bought from a boat upholstery shop. With the existing 3.5" pulley I can easily feather it down about 2 stitches per second. With the 2" pulley I should be able to do 1 stitch per second, steady, when needed.

Disclosure: I have been sewing with clutch motors since the early 1960s. My Father had a tailor shop and he taught me to sew on his Singer 31-15 when I was in my very early teens. When I got into leather work, in 1984, and began acquiring sewing machines, they all had clutch motors which I adjusted to suit my preferred foot action. I didn't even see a servo motor until 2010.

 

[RockyAussie]

11 hours ago, Bert51 said:

"Okay, how much dust does that collect"

Easy Fix answer.......none my dear caus I know you'd make a dust cover for it.

WHY do women so ask you a question when they know the answer already? Example......Is that where that belongs?

Sorry I agree with Wizcrafts above. They have been in use for a very long time and will still have a good place on machines for a long time yet.

[Matt S]

40 minutes ago, RockyAussie said:

WHY do women so ask you a question when they know the answer already?

Now Brian surely you remember your Rumpole: never ask a question in court to which you don't know the answer -- get the guilty bugger to admit it himself! She Who Must Be Obeyed has clearly picked up on the technique somewhere...

[DonInReno]

16 hours ago, Handstitched said:

I'm still waiting to find a 132K6 in a kerbside rubbish collection, HA  

Me to!