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paulc:
Hello All, not sure the right forum for this....I salvaged the electric motor in the pic from a dead washing machine today.  Motor should be perfectly fine.  How do I hook it up without setting something on fire or electrocuting myself?  I have hopes of creating a home grown blower type machine for my someday to be built forge.  Or maybe somehow a lightweight home rigged lathe.....or an approximation of a lathe....

Books to read?  YOu tube video to watch?  Or can you tell me what wires to hook to black, white, ground etc....?  Would love it if I could set it up as a variable speed motor....Or should I just throw it out with the rest of the washing machine?

Thanks a bunch!  Paul

dylanholderman:
someone should come along (i got help here when i was wiring up my engine lathe  ;D)

whats the HP on it? i took one apart years ago and it had a 1/4 HP motor in it and that should be plenty for a blower or a small pen lathe i would think, the biggest thing you need to do after you get the wiring figured out is build some kind of shroud for it to keep dust/dirt out.

paulsemp:
Do you have a wiring diagram on the motor or a schematic from the dishwasher?

paulc:
Does this help at all?

jimmi the sammi:
Is there a green stripe on the capped yellow wire?  Can't tell from the picture.

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