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

On Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:31:56 -0400
"Jim Wilkins" <muratlanne@gmail.com> wrote:

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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.

Yeah, just the ground wheels on mine too. Almost all the blowers use
something like this for the wheel drive. I looked at a lot of parts
manuals last fall when thinking of buying one...

The old Snapper 8hp riding mowers use the same mechanism for the wheel
drive. That was my first encounter with one. It's held up well, a lot of
miles on that machine cutting grass and hauling my butt around on it.
Control is just the opposite, you push in the pedal to release the
drive wheel.

Close up image of the drive here:

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ib2GprTP5hk/maxresdefault.jpg

General search show lots of pictures for the whole mower, misc parts
diagrams...

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=snapper+riding+mower+8hp&kd=-1&kp=-2&ia=images&iax=images

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Leon Fisk
Grand Rapids  MI