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c.1903 Victor 'M' Motor Restored
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CDBPDX
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c.1903 Victor 'M' Motor Restored
Just finished restoring an old Victor M bevel gear motor, c.1903 or so. Still has the slotted crank shaft. Had to completely disassemble everything and clean/lube the parts. Fortunately, all the parts were in good to excellent condition. Added a ball bearing to the back end of the bevel gear shaft, seemed like it needed one. Installed 2 new springs and rebuilt the governor. Took some experimenting to get the bevel gear aligned to the sweet spot, also took time to find the correct alignment allowing optimum contact between the govenor gear and spindle gear. The good part is that it runs strong, smooth, and fairly quiet for this style motor. YeeHaa!!
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Cliff's Vintage Music Shoppe, Castle Rock, WA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIz_IpaVrW8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIz_IpaVrW8
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CDBPDX
- Victor V
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Re: c.1903 Victor 'M' Motor Restored
Cliff's Vintage Music Shoppe, Castle Rock, WA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIz_IpaVrW8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIz_IpaVrW8
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85corvetteman
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Re: c.1903 Victor 'M' Motor Restored
Nice job !!! Running very smooth.
Terry
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Zwebie
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Re: c.1903 Victor 'M' Motor Restored
Cliff,The good part is that it runs strong, smooth, and fairly quiet for this style motor.
Make sure that you adjust the motor hanging in the same position that it resides in the machine.
I've rebuilt these top down, as you are showing, only to install them into a machine and have them sound like a coffee grinder when flipped over. Then I had to re-adjust everything until I found the sweet spot again. AARGH! Double Work!
Cheers, Bob S.
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Re: c.1903 Victor 'M' Motor Restored
Similar goes for me!Zwebie wrote:Cliff, Make sure that you adjust the motor hanging in the same position that it resides in the machine.The good part is that it runs strong, smooth, and fairly quiet for this style motor.
I've rebuilt these top down, as you are showing, only to install them into a machine and have them sound like a coffee grinder when flipped over. Then I had to re-adjust everything until I found the sweet spot again. AARGH! Double Work!
Cheers, Bob S.
My early Victor 6 sounded like a coffee grinder as soon as I put the platter on it.
I still need to get back into that project.
James.