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Originally Posted by toolingjim
Weed Dog,
Never even noticed the rectifier in the description. That means that $40 plus shipping gets you a 1 horse power unit.
My offer of machining help stands if you need an adaptor. With that small a shaft, using a belt drive would be a necessity to avoid trashing the motor the first time you hit a rock.
Just brainstorming here, but best bet might be a welded sheet metal tunnel mounted on the top of the deck. It could double as a motor mount and belt guard. Set your pulley centers to fit some common v-belt. You will also need a blade shaft housing and shaft. Couple of flange bearings would do, or make a weldment and machine for bearings.
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Exactly where my thinking was going...felt I should produce a few scale drawings and views to help determine the most efficient use of materials and a means to construct it that would lend itself to maintenance.
And the belt drive/pulleys approach does prevent damage to the rather delicate motor shaft...cool.
