Re: rod-mill project - "mains" electric motor advice

"Leon Fisk"  wrote in message news:vto91k$1v80t$1@dont-email.me...

This is what the bottom tranny area looks like on my old Snapper

Snowblower.
The friction drive operates only the ground wheels, a separate pulley on the engine shaft drives the auger and impeller on mine, with considerable reduction to both the auger and wheel drive pulleys. The old friction disk on my Toro slipped rather easily though the rubber rim was mostly intact. It might be enough for a 1/2 HP motor, I'd rig a test setup before committing it into a machine.
Round splined shafting could replace the hexagonal shaft and sliding hub in the photo as you wouldn't be changing speed and direction nearly as often.
The auger drive is a right angle worm reduction from the impeller shaft that might be useful.