Continuing on with last week’s project of seeing what motors I have, and which of them actually work, I took every motor in inventory out of its case, connected it to the appropriate power, and made sure it ran. This process ended up taking much longer than anticipated, as these things generally do, but I am finally at the home stretch.
So many of these motors needed cables made for them, tachometers swapped from non-working to working motors, and other minor repairs so that all of the motors left in inventory actually work and have all the correct bits and pieces. As I am loath to throw anything away, I salvaged as many parts as possible from the motors destined for recycling.
I catalogued all of the working power cables, and either matched them with motors, or put them in zipper bags labeled with what they are for. For any of the cables where the wire was still usable but the connectors were damaged beyond use, I removed the connectors and saved the wire. The wire that isn’t reusable will hopefully be recycled for the copper.
As a result of this project, I am now down from two inventory racks of untested motors to one, nicely organized rack of working motors. As you can see, I saved all of the salvageable vintage badges, connectors, screws, knobs, bearings, and other bits and pieces. I also gave every motor possible its own case. Incidentally, if you have need or want of a vintage motor case, I have some I would be happy to give you, you just have to come get them. Free case and a visit to the showroom, what could be better?!
