treadmills for free???? Any ideas???

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in my area theres a few treadmills i could get for free...they work but are older and i wouldnt be using them for exercising. Anybody have any ideas or project that could be made out of one????
Reply:dog walker/exerciser maybe
Reply:Dangit! he beat me to it!Regards,RobGreat Basin WeldingInstagramBlue weldersRed weldersMy luscious Table DIY TIG Torch cooler
Reply:lol well true...ive seen some people making wire strippers out of them....im not sure bout that
Reply:Sorry, you lost me at strippers.Regards,RobGreat Basin WeldingInstagramBlue weldersRed weldersMy luscious Table DIY TIG Torch cooler
Reply:belt sander ?
Reply:Originally Posted by Robert HallSorry, you lost me at strippers.
Reply:scrap pile?Have we all gone mad?
Reply:Treadmills have pretty good variable speed motors. A friend of mine used one of the motors for a homemade  knife making beltsander/polisher.Last edited by jim_mas; 02-08-2011 at 06:19 PM.
Reply:Back hair remover. I think belt sander is just thinking small.Regards,RobGreat Basin WeldingInstagramBlue weldersRed weldersMy luscious Table DIY TIG Torch cooler
Reply:me being an ol' retired crusher hand, i wonder if you could figger a way to splice some belts together, turn the drive pulley end for end, make some troughed slide beds and wind up with a conveyor to load gravel or other bulk material.                                          just a thought,                                                                 mikeOl' Stonebreaker  "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes"Hobart G-213 portableMiller 175 migMiller thunderbolt ac/dc stick Victor O/A setupMakita chop saw
Reply:I found one with a 2.6hp dc motor in it for $10.  I want to make a mount for my milling machine so I can have variable speed.  Some of the older ones have variable speed belt systems and open case low hp motors, I also found one of those for free, but I ended up just using the frame for projects and scraped the rest.There is no failure...only feedback
Reply:the belt sander would be night... anyone got any pics of treadmill contvered
Reply:A wide belt sander comes to mind. You have the rollers and the drive motor.I offer three choices: Good, Fast, & Cheap. You may pick two.Hobart AC/DC StikMate LXHarbor Freight AD HoodHarbor Freight Industrial Chop SawDeVilbis 20 Gallon, 5 HP Compressor
Reply:I used on on my drill press,works good.
Reply:You can find many uses for them later, right now just grab 'em and run! StephenMillermatic 251Miller Syncrowave 200Miller 30A SpoolgunHypertherm Powermax 30Etc., etc., etc.............Cancer Sucks!
Reply:Not sure how powerful those motors are, but with varible speed, welding positioner comes to mind.
Reply:Variable speed d/c motor on my drill press works great . No more changing pulley and belt combo.You need the circuit board also.Google it many have done it,did mine about 5 yrs ago.Vinnie
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Reply:ive seen where you can put the motor etc on a woodworking bandsaw and turn it down to cut metal350P 30A spool gun cut master 51  syncro 250 other stuff " take a dog off the street and make him prosper and he will not bite you sad the same cannot be said for man" i didnt use punctuation just to piss you off
Reply:About a year ago my doctor gave me a tread mill out of his clinic. I was more than happy to save it from the land fill. Scored a 2 HP 3-Phase Baldor motor with VFD, a Bison gear motor and a lot of other great hardware. Commercial/medical treadmills are built stout. The motor and vfd are going on my metal spinning lathe this week.
Reply:You can mount some blades on the motors and make a little windmill for the back yard or roof.... You could probably trickle charge a 12 volt battery with it. It would be a fun experiment. Get enought treadmill motors and you might be able to put yourself off the grid!!!! Theres videos on youtube on making blades out of 8 inch pvc tube or even slicing up 55 gallon drums. Check it out, theres some neat videos on there.Lincoln ac/dc 225/125Millermatic 211 w/ Spoolmatic 100Miller 330 a/bpDynasty 200 dx
Reply:Treadmills= vfd i want them ! lolI forgot how to change this.
Reply:A variable speed d/c motor, some pipe, 1/4x2 and 1/4x1 flat......sounds like you got yourself a rollout wheel for fitting pipe and welding it. "positioner"Classic 1D 200SAE 30086 SA 200Hyperthem 45Jancy Mag Force O/A Victor-GossCable's remote2-12" Mathey Dearman bevelersLN 25Miller Auto Set 211Wendy's Pancake/Jackson PipelinerNew Holland LS 180Great story man....tell it again!
Reply:Variable speed Pig Roaster!!!Sure, I can fix it... I got a welder!!!Originally Posted by fwalz3Variable speed Pig Roaster!!!
Reply:Rollers for turning a round drum. Welding up a round tank. Welding any round item.Just get the motor driven roller and non driven roller and make the non driven roller adjustable as far as distance from driven roller. Weld any size tank.Have to work out the grounding on the non driven roller or rollers.Last edited by Donald Branscom; 02-09-2011 at 07:20 PM.AWS certified welding inspectorAWS certified welder
Reply:I grab up all the free treadmills I can and use the motors for converting things to infinite variable speed.  Here is an old Craftsman lathe I restored.The motor/jack shaft Depending on the treadmill you need to salvage a few different things.  Most consumer grade treadmills use a DC motor similar to what you see in the photos.  Besides the motor, you need to get the control circuit board and the choke coil is so equipped.  The speed control pot will either be a 5K ohm or more likely a 10K ohm slide so you you may or may not want to replace that with a rotary style.  I have also found some consumer grade units using a constant speed AC motor equipped with a variable ration pulley drive.  These are easy to spot as the treadmill speed control will be a multi turn knob affair.  Still worth scrounging for parts.The upscale Pro quality units in medical facilities and gyms tend to use a VFD and a DC drive as opposed to the pulse width modulated units in the lower classed machines.Besides the drive components, the rollers make good material feed stands and the frame work can be salvaged for some material.  The belts are silicone coated on the back side but do make good work bench top mats.  I don't recommend them as floor mats unless you can fasten them in place because they slide on concrete due to the silicone lube. DAMHIKTRogerOld, Tired, and GRUMPYSalesman will call, Batteries not included, Assembly is required, and FREE ADVICE IS WORTH EXACTLY WHAT YOU PAY FOR IT!Dial Arc 250HFThunderbolt 225 AC/DCAssorted A/O torches
Reply:That is a sweet looking lathe! Very pretty!Well Wampler, I'd say you've got to pick them up now with all the hacker suggestions here!200amp Air Liquide MIG, Hypertherm Plasma, Harris torches, Optrel helmet, Makita angle grinders, Pre-China Delta chop saw and belt sander, Miller leathers, shop made jigs etc, North- welders backpack.
Reply:I went and got one today newer Nordic track...it works but Simone moved it and cracked the frame so it's making the belt track right....might just have pull the crack togather and weld it up to turn a little profit....my wife thinks she needs to keep it lol
Reply:Rog 02  sorry to steal the thread BUT... Salesman will call, Batteries not included, Assembly is required, and FREE ADVICE IS WORTH EXACTLY WHAT YOU PAY FOR IT! Wonderful Absolutely Wonderful pmpl (peeing my pants laughing)Miller thunderbolt 250Decastar 135ERecovering tool-o-holic ESAB OAI have been interested or involved in Electrical, Fire Alarm, Auto, Marine, Welding, Electronics ETC to name a just a few. So YES you can own too many tools.
Reply:got it that one fixed up...good as new in less than 15 mins!! To the right person easy 250 300 bucks...next freebie lol
Reply:I have heard of guys building fighting robots with them. Personally I would go for a remote control lawn mower, maybe with tracks so I could cut the not so level land around here.Do not go where the path may lead, instead go where there is no path and leave a trail.