The Woodpecker EP 310 - Why and how I replaced my compressor motor

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My compressor is one the most used tool in my shop. It's quite old and it shows even more with the motor because it's not working as it used to; so I'm changing it for an industrial one.
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Alain Vaillancourt 2024
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Whiskey on the Mississippi - Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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25 янв 2024

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Комментарии : 15

@woodrat1952 5 месяцев назад

It has been a long time since I watched one of your videos! Don’t know why I waited so long? Keep them coming! Thanks!

@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker 5 месяцев назад

Thank you, The important hing is that I can entertain you sometime. It's hard to always make exciting videos, like when I build my shop, but I still have a video every other week

@petercollin5670 5 месяцев назад

I'm happy you changed that. Having sparks fly around the same room with the sawdust is a recipe for disaster.

@Wordsnwood 5 месяцев назад

"On the woodpecker today, I'm starting planning my NEW backyard shop to replace the one that burned down!" 🤑😬

@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker 5 месяцев назад

Thank you, yes it was beginning to be a lot dangerous. This new industrial motor, which coast a fortune new, I had no clue a 5HP motors can be such expensive (lucky I found a used one), don't have any brushes, it's brushless, so now I'm safe no sparks, and no new shop !!!!

@LightningFabrication 5 месяцев назад

I have moved my 1948 Curtis compressor many times over the 30 years I've owned it. I have to remove the motor and compressor from the tank to do so because it's so heavy. Mine is an upright tank. I wouldn't trade it for anything. Those older compressors are made so much better and are so much quieter than the new ones. I'm glad you found a quality motor and didn't go to Princess Auto for a new one. I know you are a carpenter and wood worker so I won't come down on you too hard for using a claw hammer to hit the center punch LOL.

@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker 5 месяцев назад

Yes old compressor are great, I also have to take it apart in three piece to move it around, it's why I installed some casters on it when I moved it into my shop, a little bit more than 9 years ago, time flies. I looked at motor at Pricess auto, but Pierre, my machinist friend, find a industrial motor on Kijiji for $200, with a 1¼" shaft it's WAY better than a 5/8" shaft at Princess auto. No one said anything about the hammer, it's the only type I own, the fancy one my dad left me are for super small nails and weigh almost nothing....

@davidhaywood8029 5 месяцев назад

I share your joy, Alain! I've also had the pleasure of replacing old brushed motors with brushless -- one of life's great delights! Apart from saving the cost of brushes, I've found that the quietness of brushless motors is a huge benefit on tools such as saw tables, thicknessers, etc. (though you won't notice this improvement on a compressor, of course). Well done to you and Renée!

@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker 5 месяцев назад

Thank you, yes it's at least half the noise, I can barely hear it pumping when the door is closed

@davidhaywood8029 5 месяцев назад

Wow I didn't expect that it would make much difference in loudness on a compressor -- I stand corrected! Grand that it's such a huge improvement in multiple ways...

@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker 5 месяцев назад

I also didn't expect the noise reduction, it was a welcome surprise. I guess when the brushes are hitting the commutators they make noises. I had a comment from someone who also changed his compressor motor for a brushless one that also said that the noise was reduce considerably

@johnfithian-franks8276 5 месяцев назад

Congratulations I have finally found someone who has an older tool than mine. Only because I could not find or make some new brushes than mine, so I had to buy a new one.

@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker 5 месяцев назад

LOL, I had such a hard time finding brushes, and even then I had to modify them. Like I said, I should have changed the motor years ago, it would have paid itself by only the saving I would have made from not buying all those brushes....

@Wordsnwood 5 месяцев назад

By the way, I just want to pass along my respect for that opening scene. It must have taken you a half hour or more to clean out that closet, and remove the dust collector, just so you could record that introduction from beside the Air Compressor.

@LgosseuxDbois-TheWoodpecker 5 месяцев назад

Thank you. LOL. At least. but the worst is now, Renée and I are stripping varnish from chairs, when we'll be done( today) we will have several hours just to dust off the shop it's a real mess. You will see that soon.