Bored=Motorized Mill

[Hammy71]

Well, cleaned out the garage/brew area and decided what the hey... Table cost me $30 bucks at Ace and the drill was under $20. Had most of the electical laying around with the exception of the fan motor control. Gonna give it a run tomorrow. Kolsch time.

 

[DBbrewing]

Nice!!

 

[Catt22]

FYI, if you are using the fan switch as a speed control, it will likely smoke that drill. Hopefully I am not right on this and it will work OK.

 

[BrewBeemer]

If the motor plate states it will run on 120 Volt AC or DC as it's already a brush motor it should be able to run off a Variac without overheating plus still have torque.
I've run Milwaukee porting grinders off them for over 25 years same grinders without any problems talking 5-9 hours of continuous hard use.
Here's a Variac, they are quite handy hence i've collected 5, 10 and 20 amp capacities and use quite a lot.
http://shop.vetcosurplus.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=7791

 

[Hammy71]

FYI, if you are using the fan switch as a speed control, it will likely smoke that drill. Hopefully I am not right on this and it will work OK.

Usually people try to use 'dimmers' to control a fan. Burns up the dimmer everytime. This is an actual fan control and the drill is a variable speed so, for the limited amount of time the mill runs it should last me forever. If not, I'm out only 20 bucks. Isn't that what Harbor Freight is for? Replaceable junk? LOL.

 

[BrewBeemer]

Usually people try to use 'dimmers' to control a fan. Burns up the dimmer everytime. This is an actual fan control and the drill is a variable speed so, for the limited amount of time the mill runs it should last me forever. If not, I'm out only 20 bucks. Isn't that what Harbor Freight is for? Replaceable junk? LOL.

"Harboring Fright" the same as "Knockoff Tools" aka Northern China.
I picked up a 10 amp Variac, a NIB 6" Brown & Sharp metric dial caliper, Fulke 77 meter plus a lunch bag of resistors, caps and solder for $35 at an estate sale.

 

[BrewBeemer]

Usually people try to use 'dimmers' to control a fan. Burns up the dimmer everytime. This is an actual fan control and the drill is a variable speed so, for the limited amount of time the mill runs it should last me forever. If not, I'm out only 20 bucks. Isn't that what Harbor Freight is for? Replaceable junk? LOL.

Get the right amperage dimmer as well a means of cooling the heat sink with a muffin fan.

 

[Hammy71]

Test run today. Worked fine. Didn't like to run to low, guess not enough torque at that voltage. Didn't over heat and worked fine. If it dies I'll look for a motor but for now....