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I have a Shopsmith Planer Pro that I purchased circa 1987.

I haven't used it in a few years, but have just started to do some woodworking again. So I decided to see if I could update the cutter head with a Byrd Shelix unit.

I dragged the Shopsmith Planer Pro out of a dark corner of my garage, gave it a general clean and turned it on. The main motor, for the cutter head worked fine, but the drive rollers would not turn.

I checked the power connection and it looks like the roller drive motor has failed.

So I've bought another brand Planer and am offering this, for spare parts, to anyone who might be able to come pick it up, it seems a shame to send it to send it off to the landfill.

I'm in Lewisville, TX 20 miles from Dallas.



caedwards874 at gmail.com

If here are no other 'takers', please remove the gear cover that the motor attaches to and mail it to me.

I am attempting to convert from a manual feed model to a motor driven one.

The table would be 'nice', but freight is a hinderance there.


Have you considered letting 'us' take a crack at 'fixing' it?

Where the short power cord plugs into the roller speed controller, I know has power coming out of the electrical socket.

I removed the roller drive motor and turned the gear on the end of the shaft by hand, just in case it was frozen. I tried it with the roller motor in my hand, just in case the drive rollers were seized.

I may taking the motor apart to see if there is annoying obvious.

JPG, you mentioned about trying to fix it. Do you work for ShopSmith? I would love to fix it, but where would I start?

ChrisEdwards wrote:Where the short power cord plugs into the roller speed controller, I know has power coming out of the electrical socket.

I removed the roller drive roller and turned the gear on the end of the shaft by hand, just in case it was frozen. I tried it with the roller motor in my hand, just in case the drive rollers were seized.

I may taking the motor apart to see if there is annoying obvious.

Check the brushes and commutator.

Plugging the roller motor directly into power, I eventually managed to get the shaft to turn, but it was struggling.

Here are a couple of pictures, on the picture with the label am I missing the cap and spring that is in place on the second picture. I believe these are there to allow replacement of the carbon bushes.





Thanks

Are you saying that a brush, retaining spring and cap are missing? If so, don't expect the motor to run.

If it turns out that the motor is shot and you do not want to replace it, I suggest that you verify the going price on what remains. The first thing that comes to mind is the variable speed control for the rollers.

Control Box 514692 (now known as Speed Control Box 514736) is available from Shopsmith for a very respectable $362.24.

If you do part it out, please let me know how much you want for the Speed Control Box. Mine is working fine 'right now' but this has been a common failure item. I would not mind having a spare.

You said it was a Pro Planer. It therefore has another motor 514271 that I would also be interested in. The Shopsmith price for a new one today is $527.82.

The knives are not cheap either. A set of three (505982) goes for about $100.00 new and never been sharpened.

How it should look.

It appears one holder is broken off and the other is damaged.
A visit to a motor shop may help. Gotta use ingenuity for this.

Fortunately(I assume) the second holder has the brush and spring for comparison. All the broken 'ring' and plastic cap do is retain the spring(no electrical requirement other than an insulator). The brush and holder take care of the current.

The brush holder on my motor is broken. I could use a brush holder, spring and threaded cap if you still have one. Otherwise I would take the entire top that holds the brushes and has the electrical cord, if that is easier. Just let me know PayPal information and how much to send. 78681 TX