Originally Posted by
flyinwilly
Had a little time today so I installed the blower supports. Since the bottom of the machine will be covered, I welded nuts on the bottom of the supports for the blower mounting bolts. There are rubber buttons on the bottom to isolate the blower.
The blower is a belt drive Lau rated at 950 CFM. I chose a belt drive to keep the motor outside of the machine. My previous table used a direct drive blower and I had lots of trouble with dust getting in the motor so this should solve that problem.
Pics attached.
Any suggestions welcome.
Willy
How are you planning to keep the dust/grit out of that sleeve bearing on the end of the blower shaft?
If it works.....Don't fix it!