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10-25-2013, 04:34 PM

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Edit: Yeah, I was off by a factor of 1000. Cost was about 1.2 cents per KWH. Very rough estimate though.

D'oh! I was actually off by a factor of 100, not 1000. Cost was about 13 cents per KWH. Expensive!!
NB: I shouldn't be allowed to do math. Don't believe any number I compute.

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Originally Posted by miriam

Mine was on a Singer 28 or 27 (what ever...) Anyway It was ugly and I put a steering wheel spinner on it and let kids sew on paper bags. The wires looked a bit scary.

Very cool, Miriam! And I don't see any specs printed on the motor.

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Originally Posted by SteveH

I will snap some pics of mine when I get home. They are spring loaded so they are "friction drive" from the rough little wheel on the motor to the handwheel rim.

What is springloaded? The mount?

I read somewhere (an old manual, probably) that the handwheel should make contact with the edge of the motor pulley, not the center of it. Too much drag or something if you line it up with the center of the pulley. It makes sense intuitively but I can't exactly explain it, physically. (And I shouldn't try to, given my propensity to err.)

10-25-2013, 04:59 PM

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Who ever set up the motor with the machine wore a good groove in the wheel didn't they?

10-25-2013, 06:02 PM

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Who ever set up the motor with the machine wore a good groove in the wheel didn't they?

Yeah, I noticed that. I think the idea is to provide only as much friction as necessary to drive the wheel. So if the pulley is centered, there's more contact and more friction. I guess it's the same as the principle for belt tightness. The tighter the belt, the more force on the pulley. And friction is a force.

10-26-2013, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by ube quilting

For some odd reason I read this as motor home. That would be very interesting!

peace

That makes perfect sense. Home motor, motor home. funny! What would a Hamilton Beach motor home look like? I'm picturing something like an airstream.

10-26-2013, 05:42 PM

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10-26-2013, 06:55 PM

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Great, just what I needed. One more thing to keep my eyes open for...

10-26-2013, 07:22 PM

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Wow, you have the stand!! I'd be scared to run that without clamping it down somehow. I'm too clumsy and might knock it over. That's a really nice brass "badge"/label with the greyhound on it. Is there an amperage rating on it?

10-27-2013, 04:23 PM

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i'd be scared to run it with those wires... not to mention the fun little 2 pin plug....

10-27-2013, 09:36 PM

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Yeah, that cord is a bit scary looking. I didn't look closely at the plug -- I wonder if it was meant to plug into a block in a sewing machine case. What seems odd to me is that the motor is badged "New Home Sewing Machine", yet it has the multi-purpose stand on it.