Motor For Mill

Will this motor work if I can dial down RPMs?

http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/DAYTON-Belt-Drive-Motor-6K778

Someone on here, showed their grain mill motor, and it had a right angle reduction gearbox attached to the front of the motor.........Meaning no spinnin' pulleys and belts.
I believe the motor frame they used was a number "56" frame ,( your link is a "48" frame), and the gearbox used bolted to said frame configuration, thereby reducing the footprint of the whole shebang.
You'll get more "torqueage" going with the gearbox setup, in my opinion.
You'll also need no heat producing speed control for the motor going this route, if that particular application can even be "speed regulated".

Sorry I can't link ya' to the thread........

Try this thread.........Mucho info here, and I THINK it is the one I was speaking of.....


https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f51/motorized-monster-mill-build-373083/

my setup is pretty much the same as at the link in #3, works great.

Some key bits:
1) how big of a mill are you planning on? If you're going for a larger mill you would want more power (1/2 or 2/3 hp)

2) gearbox works great though it costs more than pulley/sheaves. However i have little kids and i don't need them to loose any fingers in the belts so the few extra bucks is worth it to me.

3) reversible motor can be helpful in clearing jams but it's not critical.

I went with the pulleys to reduce speed, Simple and cheap. Check out mine with the link below. Castermmt

outside92129 said:

my setup is pretty much the same as at the link in #3, works great.

Some key bits:
1) how big of a mill are you planning on? If you're going for a larger mill you would want more power (1/2 or 2/3 hp)

2) gearbox works great though it costs more than pulley/sheaves. However i have little kids and i don't need them to loose any fingers in the belts so the few extra bucks is worth it to me.

3) reversible motor can be helpful in clearing jams but it's not critical.

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The only thing I would add is that it doesn't look like a capacitor is built in so starting with grain the mill could be difficult. I use a 1/3 HP with capacitor on a MM3 with a boston gear reducer and I have never had a problem.

56 frame refers to the mounting footprint. If you want to use a bolt on gear reducer, you need a 56C or "C face" motor. The cheapest I've found are these:


http://www.globalindustrial.com/g/m...neral-purpose-motors-single-phase-tefc-101661