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Treadmill Motor PVC Blades | 49 comments (49 topical, 0 editorial)
Re: Treadmill Motor PVC Blades (3.00 / 0) (#24)
by roadranger (Road Ranger at G Mail dot com) on Wed Aug 6th, 2008 at 08:06:49 PM MST
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A lot of brush drag could be a problem but a heavy hub shouldn't be. My "originally spec'd" motor has a very heavy fan/flywheel and works fine - but I am tempted to cut off the fan blades and thin it out a bit in the lathe to reduce the weight of the 'mill. I don't remember if you checked to see if the motor had less brush drag in one direction - some do. My motor turns easily with some cogging but not too bad.

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Treadmill Motor PVC Blades | 49 comments (49 topical, 0 editorial)

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