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Archive for November, 2008

Day 18 – More motors!

• November 27, 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in Daily Blog
Tags: advantage forklift, advantage forklift ltd, forklift, forklift drive motor, motor, motors, pump motor, salvaging, shunt-wound dc


Day 17 – Disassembling the monster motor

• November 23, 2008 • 1 Comment

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Tags: advantage forklift, alternator, armature, bearing vice, commutator, dc motor, del sol, forklift drive motor, gas tank, general electric, motor rewinding, motors, radiator, seized bearing


Day 16 – Back to the lathe, and a few calls to Honda!

• November 21, 2008 • Leave a Comment

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Tags: caliper, flywheel adapter, honda, lathe, machine shop, measurements, mill, raw eggs, spline adapter


Day 15 – Painting

• November 19, 2008 • Leave a Comment

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Tags: engine compartment, painting, tremclad, tremclad rust paint


Day 14 – Finishing the flywheel adapter

• November 18, 2008 • Leave a Comment

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Tags: dremel, grinding, lathe, machine shop, mill, motor spline, spline, spline cutter


Day 13 – Cleaning up the motors

• November 17, 2008 • Leave a Comment

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Tags: brushes, cleaning motor, taking apart motor, worn brushes


Day 12 – Rolling back the odometer…

• November 16, 2008 • Leave a Comment

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Tags: heavy machinery, illegal, rolling back odometer, time elapsed


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