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Hi fellows,


I'm planning to upgrade my grinder. I have had this grinder for years and its time to change the motor. Here i need your advice.

I am looking at the motor with the following specs -
Enclosure: TEFC
Phase: 3
Hz: 60
Frame: 56C
Have looked at Baldors, andfound one on here that is compatible https://www.mrosupply.com/product/69908 ... al_Purpose

What are you folks using and do you like what you have? what do you think of Baldors? what are the alternatives?

Thanks!

Baldors are good motors. Very costly too. I use an old washing machine motor from a yard sale to run my grinder. It's not the 3450 rpm tho. It's the 1725 rpm General Electric brand. It's worked fine for me for several years.

A 3450 is fine as long as you can regulate the speed, but a 1750 rpm and even my 1125 rpm have their uses. My Baldor is a great motor, but I also have a couple of the newer Craftsman motors with the same specs. One powers a buffer that's as hard to stall as the Baldor and the other powers my Coote Grinder. They're worth a look.

Did I read that correctly? 3 phase?

Is this for home use? If it is, 3 phase isn't going to work unless you have a converter to convert your single phase 220 VAC electric power to 3 phase 220 VAC.

Baldor is a good motor but for something as simple as a grinder, so are a lot of others for home use.