I purchased a Harbor Freight Central Machinery 17" floor drill press some 20 years ago under the theory that if any substantial tool could be bought cheaply, it was a drill press. I has a 1 HP rated motor and has worked fine for my intermittent use for all these years until last week.
I had attached a sanding drum and was doing some sanding and it cut off under several minutes of use. I gave it a rest, reduced possible rubbing with the table and continued. Worked but then later use it only ran for about 30 sec, then cut off. The operating time has become less and less and it works for about 4 sec after sitting overnight and a sec or less after repeated use.
Thought it might be thermal overload but it works for only a few seconds even when cold. On touch, no heat from the motor.
Has my Taiwanese motor given up the ghost after several decades of limited use? Any suggestions on possible fixed? I don't know much about the motor but I assume it is some type of capacitive start but it is starting.
Motor plate is remarkedly uninformative, not including any motor frame information, other than voltage, amperage, rate HP, rpm (1750). Nothing from the manual I found online. The model is not sold anymore but the new versions seem to be updated versions of my model.
Replace the motor? Fix it? Get it rewound? Replace capacitor? Check wiring?
Thanks for help.
- Phil
I had attached a sanding drum and was doing some sanding and it cut off under several minutes of use. I gave it a rest, reduced possible rubbing with the table and continued. Worked but then later use it only ran for about 30 sec, then cut off. The operating time has become less and less and it works for about 4 sec after sitting overnight and a sec or less after repeated use.
Thought it might be thermal overload but it works for only a few seconds even when cold. On touch, no heat from the motor.
Has my Taiwanese motor given up the ghost after several decades of limited use? Any suggestions on possible fixed? I don't know much about the motor but I assume it is some type of capacitive start but it is starting.
Motor plate is remarkedly uninformative, not including any motor frame information, other than voltage, amperage, rate HP, rpm (1750). Nothing from the manual I found online. The model is not sold anymore but the new versions seem to be updated versions of my model.
Replace the motor? Fix it? Get it rewound? Replace capacitor? Check wiring?
Thanks for help.
- Phil
