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I'm finally getting around to using one of my stashed treadmill motors. These all have a combination flywheel/poly vee sheave held on by a 7/16" (looks like) left hand thread on the end of the shaft. Anybody have experience in how to take these off without damaging anything? Given that these are permanent magnet motors and not heavily built, I'm reluctant to clamp hard or bang on anything.
To use this on a drill press or lathe I need an "A" section v belt groove. I think it would be possible to machine such a groove in the existing sheave but it would be too small for good practice. Thinking of boring a solid V belt sheave and shrinking it onto the existing sheave. How have others approached this?
To use this on a drill press or lathe I need an "A" section v belt groove. I think it would be possible to machine such a groove in the existing sheave but it would be too small for good practice. Thinking of boring a solid V belt sheave and shrinking it onto the existing sheave. How have others approached this?