What can I build with an old vacuum motor?
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What can I build with an old vacuum motor?
I have a partially broken vacuum and the parts are just crying out to be transformed into something fun. Any links to someone who has use a vacuum motor to power an rc car? is it possable to use a speed control with it? any ideas? thanks all
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RE: What can I build with an old vacuum motor?
i think you may find the vacuum motor to be a one of those single speed AC type motors. No speed controllers will work on it. Make yourself a handy ventilation system for your work shop. Keep you from gettin buzzed when painting a model
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RE: What can I build with an old vacuum motor?
sell it to some sap for about $15. i did that with two motors out of vaccums i found laying in alleys of poor neighborhoods and i sold them to a kid at school for $15 each.
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I can show you how to make thousands of dollars with that motor, all i need is $4800 for international processing fees You can trust me, i'm the prince of a country that no one can pronounce.