[Healeys] FW: [Shop-talk] 110 v motor wiring
John Vrugtman
javrugtman at htcnet.org
Tue Oct 25 19:11:36 MDT 2022
That's somewhat similar to a local truck tire center's machine they use
to true tires. Instead of that cup blade it had a disk that spun. It
had a ready stone sharpener mounted so they could sharpen it regularly.
It was adoptable to car tires and I had them do ours.
John
Hightown, VA
On 10/25/2022 4:46 PM, Michael Salter wrote:
> Better still here is a couple of pics of the "business end" of the
> machine.
> It's quite apparent that whoever built this knew what they were doing.
> The very solidly mounted cup shaped cutter, which is driven by a 2/3
> HP motor at 1750 RPM shaves very thin flakes off the tire which is
> rotated at about 120 RPM by a second motor.
> The cutting edge of the blade is at exactly center height of the wheel
> and its position, X & Y, is controlled by handwheels.
> The cutter is also set at a very specific angle to the surface of the
> tread being shaved.
> It has a profile guide mechanism which controls the "crowning" of the
> tread.
> It's a fairly "industrial" piece of equipment.
> I learned very quickly that the blade has to be kept razor sharp and
> that any type of stone, no matter how small, is your enemy.
>
> M
>
> On Tue., Oct. 25, 2022, 4:26 p.m. , <warthodson at aol.com> wrote:
>
> Michael,
> Can you please describe the tool that actually shaves the tire?
> does it work like a chisel or a lathe with a pointed tipped tool?
> Gary Hodson
>
> pointed
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com>
> To: Al Fuller <alfuller194 at gmail.com>
> Cc: Austin Healey <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Tue, Oct 25, 2022 1:08 pm
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] FW: [Shop-talk] 110 v motor wiring
>
> 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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