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WTB small power feeder for router table use - alanealane - 08-25-2018

I'm stunned that the cheapest power feeder I can find new online is $400! 
And finding a gear reduction drive or gear motor that runs on single phase for less than $200 is very difficult based on my many hours of searching during the past week. 

Does anyone either have a little feeder they want to sell and ship? I'm really hoping to spend under $200. Hopefully that's not a pipe dream 
Big Grin.

Or can anyone suggest a good source for a single phase gear reduction motor so I can make my own feeder?
A reduction ratio of 50:1 to as high as 100:1 would be ideal for my needs.

Thanks!!

RE: WTB small power feeder for router table use - BloomingtonMike - 08-27-2018

(08-25-2018, 09:18 PM)alanealane Wrote: I'm stunned that the cheapest power feeder I can find new online is $400! 
And finding a gear reduction drive or gear motor that runs on single phase for less than $200 is very difficult based on my many hours of searching during the past week. 

Does anyone either have a little feeder they want to sell and ship? I'm really hoping to spend under $200. Hopefully that's not a pipe dream 
Big Grin.

Or can anyone suggest a good source for a single phase gear reduction motor so I can make my own feeder?
A reduction ratio of 50:1 to as high as 100:1 would be ideal for my needs.

Thanks!!

Did you try surplus center for the gear motor?

RE: WTB small power feeder for router table use - alanealane - 08-27-2018

(08-27-2018, 09:17 AM)BloomingtonMike Wrote: Did you try surplus center for the gear motor?

Yep I did but not too much caught my eye... Maybe I don't know what to look for. A lot of industrial motors are DC and require a motor control. Guess I better get on YouTube and learn some stuff so I know what to choose. I did see a nice 110V AC gear motor on eBay with a variable speed control for not too much moolah. Might give it a try. Still wouldn't mind finding one of those fancy 3 wheel units made for woodworking  
Wink

RE: WTB small power feeder for router table use - BloomingtonMike - 08-28-2018

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alanealane
Yep I did but not too much caught my eye... Maybe I don't know what to look for. A lot of industrial motors are DC and require a motor control. Guess I better get on YouTube and learn some stuff so I know what to choose. I did see a nice 110V AC gear motor on eBay with a variable speed control for not too much moolah. Might give it a try. Still wouldn't mind finding one of those fancy 3 wheel units made for woodworking  
Wink
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Many folks converting G0704 to cnc swap the motor out for a treadmill motor. Many times they are free. They have a speed control built in too. Maybe that could be a free or cheap source.

RE: WTB small power feeder for router table use - alanealane - 08-28-2018

(08-28-2018, 08:27 AM)BloomingtonMike Wrote: [quote pid='7660719' dateline='1535413215']


alanealane
Yep I did but not too much caught my eye... Maybe I don't know what to look for. A lot of industrial motors are DC and require a motor control. Guess I better get on YouTube and learn some stuff so I know what to choose. I did see a nice 110V AC gear motor on eBay with a variable speed control for not too much moolah. Might give it a try. Still wouldn't mind finding one of those fancy 3 wheel units made for woodworking  
Wink

Many folks converting G0704 to cnc swap the motor out for a treadmill motor. Many times they are free. They have a speed control built in too. Maybe that could be a free or cheap source.
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Interesting idea I'll look into that Mikie!!!!

RE: WTB small power feeder for router table use - Stwood_ - 08-28-2018

(08-25-2018, 09:18 PM)alanealane Wrote: Or can anyone suggest a good source for a single phase gear reduction motor so I can make my own feeder?
A reduction ratio of 50:1 to as high as 100:1 would be ideal for my needs.

Thanks!!


I've snagged a few off of Ebay over the years. Some are terrific buys, compared to new prices.

RE: WTB small power feeder for router table use - alanealane - 09-09-2018

Quick update: I found a sweet little 1/3 horsepower gear motor on eBay (still sold new for over $600 but I paid a fraction of that...although I spent a few hrs cleaning it up lol), and I purchased some pillow blocks and other stuff to make my own feeder. It will be built into the router table fence. There's a guy in Canada who posted some videos on YouTube that inspired me.

On another note I was contacted today by a longtime woodnet member who has a feeder he might be willing to part with. If I get it, it'll go on my flatmaster drum sander.

Thanks everybody!!

RE: WTB small power feeder for router table use - Martin S. - 09-09-2018

If you would, show us how you built the feeder, either here or upstairs somewhere.

Thanks!

RE: WTB small power feeder for router table use - alanealane - 09-09-2018

(09-09-2018, 09:19 PM)Martin S. Wrote: If you would, show us how you built the feeder, either here or upstairs somewhere.

Thanks!

I'll do my best.
Here's the videos I found inspiration from. Mine will be almost identical.
https://youtu.be/uSPyPR-hDqc shows it in action
https://youtu.be/UwodWaplsfo shows how it's made