In the modern rhythm of life, time flows very quickly and now the once-high-quality and reliable washing machine turns into garbage due to wear and tear or for other reasons. What to do with your beloved assistant? Many will decide with a heavy heart to throw the device. But owners with imagination and straight arms can begin to look for options for using various working parts. This text is intended to help find engine use from the washing machine. So, what can be done from an old washing machine, or rather, from its engine?
Grinding and grinding machine
Do not forget that simply connecting the motor from under a 220 W washing machine will not lead to anything good. It is necessary to preserve the native capacitor and connect the motor through it.
Since the motor shaft from the automatic washing machine is not designed to fix various cutting or grinding disks on it, you will need to look for an adapter for a sharpener or an adapter for emery on local electronic boards and purchase it to make the machine a good conscience.
The purchased adapter sits on a 14 mm shaft. You will not confuse it visually with anything. a cylindrical element that is fixed with a threaded bolt. The cylinder shaft itself has a M14 thread. A double-sided washer with flowing diameters is put on it, allowing you to set all consumables for the grinding and grinding machine based on the old engine from the washing machine.
On the basis of it makes sense to make and install a removable table from the same fiberboard boards. For reliable fixation of the table, on the base you will need to use two dowels on both sides of the surface. In this addition to the machine it is necessary to make gaps for a wide variety of disks. It is important.
Thus, it turns out an inexpensive, but functional grinding or grinding machine. It will last a long and reliable time, which is very nice, especially in the context of the fact that it turned out to be done from the old motor from a washing machine. By the way, some took this principle as a basis in the manufacture of the router, although for the majority this idea still seems crazy.
Lawn mower
In order to bring this idea to life and make a quality device, you need to use:
- steel base;
- castors and handle;
- the wire;
- knife to be made by yourself.
Traditionally, you should start with a base of sheet steel of 500-500-5 millimeters. Having prepared the wheels from under something, for example, from an old stroller, we fasten them to a steel sheet. The engine itself is directly attached to the finished base from the old washing machine through standard studs on the motor housing. On the shaft of the unit, with the help of an adapter pre-machined on a lathe, a cutting knife is fixed. Then, having prepared the handle from available material, we will attach it to the steel base. On the same handle we display the motor power wire.
The advantages of this lawn mower are its simplicity of design, as well as its functionality. And the best part is that the analogue of the factory mower is much more expensive.
Video: Making a grinding machine from a washing machine engine
Wood lathe
For the base of the product, a beam of 250-50 millimeters is needed on which the engine from the washing machine is mounted. How? The answer is simple. with mounting angles. We fasten the studs with bolts to the corners, and we, in turn, fasten them with screws to the base. We mount an adapter for a sharpener on a motor shaft. After we wind on the adapter thread a removable nozzle, welded from a bolt with the corresponding thread and a small cylinder with spikes. Thus, this part of the machine is a stationary headstock.
The role of the movable headstock is a welded structure consisting of:
- pipes with internal thread;
- shaft from a vice, at the end of which is a small cylinder with a thrust bearing and spikes.
Tthe pipe is welded onto a pedestal from a square of 45-45-3 millimeters. The base for the movable headstock is made of sheet steel, on which a pedestal is also welded. Then the base of the headstock is screwed to the beam, the protruding base of the machine.
The next structural part of the lathe from the engine from the old machine is the "emphasis". It is made from a corner with a cut-out groove that acts as a guide, and a second corner, which reliably walks along the grooves in the guides thanks to the bolts between these two elements. The same bolts fix the angle on the guides. The emphasis is fixed with screws directly to the beam.
Circular
First, you need to fold the bed from a square pipe in the form of a small rectangular table. In the center of it, it is necessary to weld the ears under the shaft with a circular mount. On the top of the bed should be screwed on the countertop or a cut plate of sheet steel. Under the upper parts of the bed, you will need to weld the base for the engine from an old washing machine with installation subsequently.
In the form of a running gear is a belt drive.. On the motor shaft and circular, both pulleys have grooves, and the belt has grooves. This allows the belt not to fly off the pulleys during operation. For ease of use and transportation of this circular, two wheels from the old trolley are attached to the legs of the bed on one side, and on the other hand, a convenient handle of the required length. The operating tips include safety rules when working with the circular, as well as the fact that you must always check the belt tension. This will keep the fingers and the rest of the body intact.
Wood splitter
To get started, it’s worth preparing:
- threaded cone pre-machined on a lathe;
- a shaft at one end of which a thread is cut;
- two bearings in the housing;
- sleeve for bearings;
- pulley;
- pulley bushing;
- nuts and washers with bolts.
Naturally, the engine from an old machine can act as a motor. It is also worth noting that the more massive the pulley, the more powerful the splitter will be.
First, the shaft should be put in the sleeve, and then assemble the shaft onto the bearings. Then we securely fasten the cone with the shaft with spacer bolts so that the bolts go into the cone secretly. Then the pulley is mounted on the shaft and clamped through the locknut with a washer. All mechanics are positioned and mounted on a sheet of steel sheet. In the end, you will need to make a bed, place the machine on it from the old washing machine, and pull the belt between the motor pulley and the shaft.
Some ideas from other elements
The scope of the engine from the old, but so dear to the heart of the washing machine is truly great. The options described above are just some of the options. information about the use of this kind of engine, or, in general, all the parts from an old washing machine, including a drum, can be found on the Internet.
"Better to see once than hear a hundred times"- this indisputable truth is applicable to the search for interesting variations of the use of elements of the washing machine today. How? There are a lot of options on the Web, which can be done not only from the engine, but also from the drum, the housing and even the belt separately. What is it about? Some parts of the washing machine can be used to make a mill, milling cutter, generator, pump, and from the drum you can even make a brazier and part of the interior decor!