What to make with electric motors

The 12 volt fans can be turned into small desk fans with either batteries or a 12 volt adapter.

Most are probably AC motors but if you do find ones that runs off of DC, they are useful to folks using solar or other alternative energy sources to run pumps and other equipment.

takes about 3 minutes to turn one into a bench grinder.
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I have a few more machines under the snowbanks outside Here is the gear setup for a homemade flat lap saw
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And the same motor runs my pump
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I have a few machines half built two use this motor and two will use a smaller motor.
Too add some people look for motors by what duty they are.

I am up in Thornton, wife has some family out your way, 15 minutes north of sedona in one of those massive subdivisions, beautiful country out there.
What rpm do you think that motor will run at full speed?
Wish i had blueprints or some better pics of the machines outside to send you but alas I throw stuff together and deal with issues as they present themselves. plans are in my head bouncing around all day. lol

DIY: Electric Motors!

Treadmill Motors: There's a cool use for a treadmill motor, i made a wind generator out of one, put out 14v so i added a battery and a wall outlet. Apparently, if you reverse the motion of the motor, it puts out electricity rather than consume it. Unfortunately, i sold the generator, so i have no images.

Vacuum Cleaner Motors: Even though there are not many useful things for this type of motor, its good as scrap value. These motors have a high RPM, making them pretty limited for usage and to change the RPM, you need a voltage regulator, which are pretty pricey. One project is a hovercraft. Never built one but found one on youtube. Ever notice the sound similarity in routing tables and vacuum cleaners? They are practically the same motor, but with different mounting styles.

Sewing Machine Motors: Urg, sewing machines. Even though they are mostly waste due to hard plaster construction, the motors are very useful. They are made to have good torque, and have a pedal to regulate speed. Most come with mounting hardware making it easy to mount to 2x4's. Some uses i have seen are electric scooter motors, motors to move the tv out of a hidden space, really anything you can think of! They are the most practical electric motor to be reused.

Fan Motors: Fan motors have a few uses, but not normal ones. Fan motors have OK speed but very low torque. Infact you can stop the fan with your hand at any speed. I have used one on a go-kart, Idk why, but i did it. I also used one to ravel my fishing line off of my fishing reels. They tend to overheat quick so with that said, there are limited uses.

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