i need a new relay

[anthony]

this motor will be well over 60 years old

if not more .Spares for these machines are hard to come by .Usually a scrap machine is the only way to go .I do have another machine that i refurbished last year with the same motor set up .I have done a continuity test on the good windings and the bad .hear are the results . as you can see they are very different. I suspect the windings on the non working motor are no good

 

[ragnboneman]

yup bad motor I think too.

Doesn't look over heated a connection inside may have failed.

Swap motors...

I think you said something about a start cap on the other motor.
Wire that in also.

 

[anthony]

well folks

if there's anyone over here in the uk with a scrap empress I need a new set of windings for this one .I wont hold my breath .The stator can be removed leaving the drive shaft sticking out of the gear box .With a pulley fitted any big enough motor would power the machine .It would be easy to bolt a motor to the bottom of the machine and fit a belt onto the drive shaft .The windings in the last photo are what I'm looking for if anyone can oblige

 

[ragnboneman]

It does not look burned.

I would tease apart the connection end and see if you can find the open.

If you can;t that is still a very simple 4 pole concentric coil single phase winding.
This is what you start with when you apprentice in the motor shop...

If you really wanted it bad enough you could buy some magnet wire and rewind it yourself.

Of call a motor shop!
Get a quote for rewind.
That is not a complicated motor, if business is quiet they might do it just as busy work

 

[ragnboneman]

 

[ragnboneman]

any updates?

 

[anthony]

not yet

been busy , but i plan to fit another motor .Will let you know [and see] how i get on

 

[anthony]

some of you

may have been wondering how I am getting on with this machine so hears a bit of an update. I was going to push it to the back of the garage and keep it for spares[ will probably still do that once I'm finished playing with it] and then I managed to pick up an electric motor from the scrap man for £3 so I have mounted it in the bottom of the machine and fitted a pulley to the drive shaft of the gearbox .Its all a bit coddled together but it is working even if it runs a bit too fast. Its running on a rubber belt at the moment but I will fit a V belt. I cant decide weather to wire it up permanently to the switch and reconnect the heater which would make it useable or just leave it as is and use it for spares .I already have one Empress that's in nice condition and this one has already donated its nice rubber rollers to make that one perfect however this one has a heater my nice one hasn't .There's no point doing this one up because its enamel tub is damaged in two places so i will keep this one for spares and look out for another with a heater .Once i get the thing wired up properly and have made sure its watertight i will post a video of it running with water in it [that should be fun if its running too fast

 

[anthony]

the rubber rollers

these rollers were on the old machine when i got it .While the top roller was fine on my good machine the bottom one had the tell tale dip in the middle. On examining the rollers on the other machine they were both perfectly straight showing very little sign of wear however they were both almost black with dirt and perished outer rubber so I sanded them down with an electric palm sander then they were thoroughly washed and then smothered in Vaseline .I wrapped them in cling film and left them for a few days .When I removed the cling film the Vaseline had been absorbed leaving the rollers supple and looking like new . The last photo is of the agitator post .Most of these old machines have some wear here.The agitator becomes worn causing that tell tale thump as it goes back and forth .I get round this by sticking a bit of duct tape to the post making the agitator fit better .It lasts for a few months and then i just replace it

 

[anthony]

can anyone

tell me how to get the square block of the end of the post .There's quite a bit of play here and i want to see if i can do anything about it