[Healeys] FW: [Shop-talk] 110 v motor wiring

Bob Haskell rchaskell at earthlink.net
Tue Oct 25 14:32:52 MDT 2022


Works better than the table saw?

Cheers,

Bob Haskell
Austin Healey 3000 BN7/BT7 registrar

On 10/25/22 2:08 PM, Michael Salter wrote:
> In my continuing efforts to remove the last traces of scuttle shake 
> whilst retaining my original flat center wire wheels I have acquired a 
> Kemsway Tire Conditioner that is about 60 years old but was state of 
> the art for tire shaving in its day.
> I've spent the week reconditioning it whith new bearings,  a new drive 
> motor and various other things.
> Yesterday I turned up a pair of adaptors to accept wire wheels.
> I shaved my first tire this morning and am delighted with the results.
>
> On Tue., Oct. 25, 2022, 11:19 a.m. , <alfuller194 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>     Great! Inquiring minds want to know – what did you need to do?
>
>     ----------------
>
>     All the best,
>
>     Al Fuller
>
>     *From:* Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com>
>     *Sent:* Tuesday, October 25, 2022 7:59 AM
>     *To:* Al Fuller <alfuller194 at gmail.com>
>     *Cc:* Austin Healey <healeys at autox.team.net>
>     *Subject:* Re: FW: [Shop-talk] 110 v motor wiring
>
>     Thank you all who responded to my request for help.
>
>     With guidance from several and in particular Oliver Viitamaki I
>     have managed to figure out the wiring and the machine is running
>     beautifully.
>
>     M
>
>     On Tue., Oct. 25, 2022, 10:41 a.m. , <alfuller194 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>         Michael:  I haven’t gotten much response on the shop talk
>         list, but this seems helpful:
>
>         “I'm not familiar with your application but a typical
>         reversable AC motor is controlled by a SPST center-off
>         switch.  The motor has three leads.  One is connected to
>         neutral directly. The other tow wires have a run capacitor
>         connected between them.  Applying power to one of these two
>         leads will make the motor run in one direction and applying
>         power to the other lead will make the motor run in the
>         opposite direction.  There should be a label on the motor
>         somewhere indicating which wire is which.”
>
>         ----------------
>
>         All the best,
>
>         Al Fuller
>
>         *From:* DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com>
>         *Sent:* Saturday, October 22, 2022 4:56 AM
>         *To:* alfuller194 at gmail.com; Shop-talk at autox.team.net
>         *Subject:* Re: [Shop-talk] 110 v motor wiring
>
>         I'm not familiar with your application but a typical
>         reversable AC motor is controlled by a SPST center-off
>         switch.  The motor has three leads.  One is connected to
>         neutral directly.  The other tow wires have a run capacitor
>         connected between them.  Applying power to one of these two
>         leads will make the motor run in one direction and applying
>         power to the other lead will make the motor run in the
>         opposite direction.  There should be a label on the motor
>         somewhere indicating which wire is which.
>
>         Dave
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From: alfuller194 at gmail.com
>         To: Shop-talk at autox.team.net
>         Sent: Fri, Oct 21, 2022 3:07 pm
>         Subject: [Shop-talk] 110 v motor wiring
>
>         Posting for a friend:
>
>         I have purchased an old machine named a Kemsway Tire Conditioner.
>
>         I'm overhauling it to hopefully use to shave tires on wire wheels.
>
>         I have all the mechanical issues resolved but am stumped when
>         it comes to rewiring the 110 volt single phase reversable
>         cutter motor.
>
>         Anyone out there who is knowledgeable on AC motor wiring who
>         would be prepared to offer some assistance.
>
>         ----------------
>
>         All the best,
>
>         Al Fuller
>
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