[Healeys] FW: [Shop-talk] 110 v motor wiring

John Vrugtman javrugtman at htcnet.org
Tue Oct 25 19:11:36 MDT 2022


That's somewhat similar to a local truck tire center's machine they use 
to true tires.  Instead of that cup blade it had a disk that spun.  It 
had a ready stone sharpener mounted so they could sharpen it regularly.  
It was adoptable to car tires and I had them do ours.

John
Hightown, VA

On 10/25/2022 4:46 PM, Michael Salter wrote:
> Better still here is a couple of pics of the "business end" of the 
> machine.
> It's quite apparent that whoever built this knew what they were doing.
> The very solidly mounted cup shaped cutter, which is driven by a 2/3 
> HP motor at 1750 RPM shaves very thin flakes off the tire which is 
> rotated at about 120 RPM by a second motor.
> The cutting edge of the blade is at exactly center height of the wheel 
> and its position, X & Y, is controlled by handwheels.
> The cutter is also set at a very specific angle to the surface of the 
> tread being shaved.
> It has a profile guide mechanism which controls the "crowning" of the 
> tread.
> It's a fairly "industrial" piece of equipment.
> I learned very quickly that the blade has to be kept razor sharp and 
> that any type of stone, no matter how small, is your enemy.
>
> M
>
> On Tue., Oct. 25, 2022, 4:26 p.m. , <warthodson at aol.com> wrote:
>
>     Michael,
>     Can you please describe the tool that actually shaves the tire?
>     does it work like a chisel or a lathe with a pointed tipped tool?
>     Gary Hodson
>
>     pointed
>     -----Original Message-----
>     From: Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com>
>     To: Al Fuller <alfuller194 at gmail.com>
>     Cc: Austin Healey <healeys at autox.team.net>
>     Sent: Tue, Oct 25, 2022 1:08 pm
>     Subject: Re: [Healeys] FW: [Shop-talk] 110 v motor wiring
>
>     In my continuing efforts to remove the last traces of scuttle
>     shake whilst retaining my original flat center wire wheels I have
>     acquired a Kemsway Tire Conditioner that is about 60 years old but
>     was state of the art for tire shaving in its day.
>     I've spent the week reconditioning it whith new bearings,  a new
>     drive motor and various other things.
>     Yesterday I turned up a pair of adaptors to accept wire wheels.
>     I shaved my first tire this morning and am delighted with the results.
>
>     On Tue., Oct. 25, 2022, 11:19 a.m. , <alfuller194 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>         Great! Inquiring minds want to know – what did you need to do?
>         ----------------
>         All the best,
>         Al Fuller
>         *From:* Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com>
>         *Sent:* Tuesday, October 25, 2022 7:59 AM
>         *To:* Al Fuller <alfuller194 at gmail.com>
>         *Cc:* Austin Healey <healeys at autox.team.net>
>         *Subject:* Re: FW: [Shop-talk] 110 v motor wiring
>         Thank you all who responded to my request for help.
>         With guidance from several and in particular Oliver Viitamaki
>         I have managed to figure out the wiring and the machine is
>         running beautifully.
>         M
>         On Tue., Oct. 25, 2022, 10:41 a.m. , <alfuller194 at gmail.com>
>         wrote:
>
>             Michael:  I haven’t gotten much response on the shop talk
>             list, but this seems helpful:
>             “I'm not familiar with your application but a typical
>             reversable AC motor is controlled by a SPST center-off
>             switch.  The motor has three leads.  One is connected to
>             neutral directly.  The other tow wires have a run
>             capacitor connected between them. Applying power to one of
>             these two leads will make the motor run in one direction
>             and applying power to the other lead will make the motor
>             run in the opposite direction.  There should be a label on
>             the motor somewhere indicating which wire is which.”
>             ----------------
>             All the best,
>             Al Fuller
>             *From:* DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com>
>             *Sent:* Saturday, October 22, 2022 4:56 AM
>             *To:* alfuller194 at gmail.com; Shop-talk at autox.team.net
>             *Subject:* Re: [Shop-talk] 110 v motor wiring
>             I'm not familiar with your application but a typical
>             reversable AC motor is controlled by a SPST center-off
>             switch. The motor has three leads.  One is connected to
>             neutral directly. The other tow wires have a run capacitor
>             connected between them. Applying power to one of these two
>             leads will make the motor run in one direction and
>             applying power to the other lead will make the motor run
>             in the opposite direction. There should be a label on the
>             motor somewhere indicating which wire is which.
>             Dave
>             -----Original Message-----
>             From: alfuller194 at gmail.com
>             To: Shop-talk at autox.team.net
>             Sent: Fri, Oct 21, 2022 3:07 pm
>             Subject: [Shop-talk] 110 v motor wiring
>             Posting for a friend:
>             I have purchased an old machine named a Kemsway Tire
>             Conditioner.
>             I'm overhauling it to hopefully use to shave tires on wire
>             wheels.
>             I have all the mechanical issues resolved but am stumped
>             when it comes to rewiring the 110 volt single phase
>             reversable cutter motor.
>             Anyone out there who is knowledgeable on AC motor wiring
>             who would be prepared to offer some assistance.
>             ----------------
>             All the best,
>             Al Fuller
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