Where you can adjust the engine from the washing machine

Worn-out washing machine should not be immediately thrown away. Especially if there are sufficiently developed skills in working with hand tools and there is a habit of messing around in the workshop. Various homemade products from the engine of the washing machine can be extremely useful in the household.

What are the engines

From the class and age of the machine depends on which engine will be in the hands. If we are talking about the old, Soviet - it will be asynchronous device open type, quite reliable. The engine from the old drum washing machine has a power of 180 watts, but it is very convenient for homemade, because it has excellent torque performance. In other cases, the hands may fall:

• two-speed engine from a washer with fixed 350 and 2800 rpm;
• collector unit, which, when directly supplied with voltage without adjustment, accelerates the shaft to 12-15,000 rpm;
• engines from modern styralok of various classes, since today manufacturers often do not follow the general standard of equipment.

Immediately worth mentioning inverter motor, which is equipped with the most modern washing machine. To start such a unit, a control circuit is required. It must first convert the alternating current into direct current, and then create a new signal and change the frequency of the output voltage to regulate the revolutions on the shaft. But if there is power electronics from the washing machine in the engine kit, this will be a very useful addition.

How to connect and start the engine

The most useful advice: when dismantling, mark all the wires and, if possible, remove additional elements connected to the power unit. One of the parts of the answer to the question of how to start the engine from the washing machine and not burn it (if it’s about asynchronous, from old machines) is to use starting capacitor. Other types of engines may have their own characteristics. Find information about the connection can be in the reference literature, and on the Internet. The specific capacitor capacitance or other circuit parameters may vary.

It is necessary to act carefully, slowly, take precautions, use an insulated tool.

If during the dismantling the contacts and incoming wires were marked, it would not be difficult to start the engine from the washing machine. At the same time, depending on the type of unit, it is necessary to follow the instructions and take precautions. For example, it is desirable to fix the engine from the washing machine and make sure that the shaft is released and, when rotated, it does not hurt foreign objects.

Grinding machine or sharpened from washing machine

Once finished with the electrical connection, and the engine of the washing machine came to life, you can start making homemade products. The most common is a small sharpener. If you use a circle from the grinder, you can cut plastic pipes, aluminum corner.

You can adapt the engine to work as a grinding machine, for this purpose a circular nozzle with a small or large sandpaper is placed on the shaft.The list of works is as follows:

1. The engine must be securely fastened. The most convenient way to do this is on a small board, which is then easy to place on a table, workbench, any convenient surface.
2. Mount the electric motor of an old washing machine can be on the corners or circular clamps of galvanized steel strips. To compensate for vibration and electrical insulation in the latter case, put rubber between the engine and fasteners.
3. Asynchronous motors from old drum stiralok have an open design, where dust, moisture, sawdust falls. This can cause short circuits and failures of the most diverse types. Therefore, when fastening the most profitable option is to completely “embrace” the engine with a strip of galvanized steel.

To connect the cartridge or the place of landing of the grinding stone, the circle for the grinder, nozzles for grinding can be done in several ways:

• Cut the thread of the fit of the chuck directly on the shaft.
• To weld an adapter from several pipes of different diameter. On one side, the fit of the grinding wheel is calculated, on the other, the internal diameter of the tube should correspond to the shaft dimension.This part of the adapter is heated, stuffed onto the shaft, after cooling, the parts are very tightly and securely connected.

It should be noted that the clamping chuck for a drill is the most attractive option, if only you do not want to make sharpened with stone. It is easy to place almost any tool into it: a drill, a milling cutter, a grinding round head, a nozzle with a wire brush for stripping paint, a felt block. There is no difficulty in making the adapter for the circle of the grinder.

Such a machine can even assemble a novice home master and use in a variety of purposes. The main thing is to properly connect the engine and spend some effort on the formation of a reliable mounting of the working unit. But there are comments. If there is only a high-speed motor available, it is recommended not to reduce its speed, but to make a separate unit with its own shaft, and transfer torque to it via a pulley with a reduction factor.

Other homemade based sharpening scheme

The above work will have to be done if you want to get other, most diverse machines. It may be:

1. Lathe on wood. The 180-watt engine from the old washer will allow, by making small efforts, slowly, to process cylindrical blanks. Be sure to need the similarity of the tailstock for emphasis workpiece. This will protect the motor shaft from lateral loads.
   
2. Drum Grinding. For this, a large-diameter wooden cylinder is used, in the center of which a steel bar passes, one end of which is clamped into the engine cartridge, the other is mounted in a stand on the bearing. The surface is pasted over with sandpaper, it is possible to sharpen knives, planer blades in the presence of devices for holding the corner, to perform other operations.
   

We note right away that the sawmill from the washer’s engine will not work - there will not be enough torque.

But furniture makers and other home craftsmen will like the idea of ​​making a horizontal drilling device for working with eccentric fasteners:

1. The machine is made, as described above, with a clamping chuck on the shaft.
2. A supporting, guide shelf is made, horizontal, at such a height that the axis of the shaft runs along the center of the end face of the chipboard or wood parts.
3. The drill is inserted into the cartridge, the part is fed horizontally, and the drilling depth can be monitored visually.

To create the installation location of the circular eccentric, it suffices to use a drill, a vertical drilling machine and a mill of the required diameter. This operation does not require high accuracy. The main, responsible task of precise drilling of a channel for a cylindrical pin will be performed by a machine tool from the engine from an old washer.

Conclusion

In question homemade from old washing machine It is all about the imagination and specific engineering skills of the artist. It is easy to make a fruit cutter, a lawnmower with steel knives, an electric mowing machine with a string cutting unit, even a plucking installation for chickens and ducks. Builders easily adapt old washers even for mixing concrete and modern mixes. The main thing is to think thoughtfully about solving the problem.

Not only a washing machine can be the basis for various homemade products. Give a second life and you can microwave, the fridge, vacuum cleaner. If you do not know how or simply do not want to use outdated technology, you can get rid of it in various ways, described in this article.