Originally Posted by
DKuehn
I worked on the motor some as I'm waiting to complete the cabinet finish and waiting for my parts order. I cleaned up the commutator and put it back together with some fresh motor lubricant. As I mentioned before, when I opened up the motor I found that a carbon brush spring had been ran through the motor, that has left some scaring on the copper section of the commutator.
Yuck. But at least you got lucky that the damage was pretty minimal. I had one person contact me about a commutator that was completely gouged to the point of not working anymore.
Originally Posted by
DKuehn
I made a conscious effort to make sure I threaded the machine correctly this time.
Good job!
I bet the stitch is more consistent too.