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Originally Posted by bogstandard  Terry,
If you are going to refurbish it, yank out that old taycol motor and bin it.
It will cause hours of heartache trying to get it to run in fwd and reverse (has to have a mechanical switching mechanism), and even then you will find your radio will have a permanent case of the twitches.
They have very little intrinsic value, except for maybe curiosity.
I used mine to power my Martek drill sharpener rather than an electric drill. Powered it with my car battery charger.
John |
I took the Taycol motor out and tried it on the bench.
I can see how it would cause interference issues, loads of sparks flying from the armature.
I wonder if the original builder ever got it running as I could not get it to rotate in the correct direction. It would be going in reverse all the time no matter which way you connected the power to it. Very strange!
Looks like a Torpedo 850 will be fitted as soon as funds allow.