How can you use an electric motor from a washing machine. Washing machine motor, connection

The time comes when the "home assistant" who has served you faithfully for many years breaks down, and it is no longer expedient to repair it. There is a need to buy a new washing machine, but what to do with the old one? You can take it to the trash heap, but it will be the act of an unprofessional, impractical person, because there are so many useful things hidden in the washer that can do a good job. Let's talk about the use of the engine and other parts of the washing machine in the household. We hope you change your mind about throwing out your old car.

What parts of the machine can be adapted?

Everyone knows that an automatic washing machine is a complex household appliance, consisting of a fairly large number of elements, and the more modern an automatic machine, the more parts it contains. You can read about that in one of the articles on our site. If you conduct a survey of people on the street, then it will probably turn out that every tenth in the garage, shed, in the country has an old washing machine, which seems to be a pity to throw away, at the same time it is not known what to do with it. What parts of the old car can be adapted for the business?

Email engine. If the old machine has e-mail. engine, it is already a treasure in itself. Carefully remove it from the case, disconnecting all the wires, wipe it, wrap it in a cloth and put it in a safe place.
Drum. The drum of the washing machine is made of high-quality stainless steel, it has a lot of applications, so it must also be removed from the case and stored.
Manhole cover. It is also quite a useful thing, and not only the cover itself, but also its parts will come in handy.
Legs, clamps, hoses, el. wiring. All of this can come in handy anywhere.
Springs and counterweights. Springs on typewriters play the role of shock absorbers, they are very powerful, and the counterweights are good because they are heavy, but compact - we leave both.
Washing machine body. After removing everything useful, replace the walls of the machine, the body itself can also be useful.

Important! If you are not alien to working with electronics, you can leave the control unit. There are many semiconductor elements on the control board that can be used to repair electrical appliances and to make useful things in the household.

Why use a car engine and how to connect it?

Working email an automatic or semi-automatic washing machine engine can become the basis for very necessary household appliances. The most common application is email. emery for sharpening knives, tools, drills and more. It is not very easy to make such an emery, but it is still possible. The first and foremost problem is how to attach the whetstone to the motor shaft.

The diameter of the grindstone hole, as a rule, does not correspond to the diameter of the email shaft. the engine from the washing machine. This means that it is necessary to make a flange, which would be pressed onto the shaft on one side, and on the other side would have a thread in order to be able to put on and fasten the grinding wheel. Professional craftsmen recommend adapting a 32 mm steel pipe cut as a flange. What are we doing?

We take a piece of steel pipe 32 mm. The length of the trim should be 15-20 cm, a very long one will not work.
At one end of the pipe trimming, you need to cut a thread, the length of the thread should be at least 2 times the thickness of the grinding wheel.

Very important! The thread is necessarily cut in the opposite direction of the rotation of the electric shaft. engine. In other words, if the email shaft. the engine rotates clockwise, which means we make the thread counterclockwise, otherwise the whetstone will fly off.

We heat the other end of the pipe cut with a blowtorch and press it onto the shaft, after the pipe has cooled, it will firmly connect to the shaft. To strengthen the connection, you can drill with a drill the junction of the pipe with the engine shaft across and screw a bolt into the hole, tighten with a nut. If there is welding, then you can grab the flange to the shaft with it - it will be ideal.
Now take three matching nuts and two matching washers. We screw the first nut onto the flange until it stops, until the thread ends. Next, we put on the washer, then the grinding wheel, then again the washer and nut. We tighten everything well and at the end we fasten the lock nut.

The main thing has been done, now our task is to secure the engine as securely as possible. See what holes for fasteners are on the email. engine, everything is individual here, based on this, make a stand. The simplest thing is to twist the stand from small corners, and only then fix the emery on the workbench.

Note! To install the engine on a workbench, you can use a bracket from a washing machine; on some automatic machines, good mounts are installed that can be used.

Another crucial stage in the production of emery is the connection of e-mail. the engine to the mains. Let's consider the simplest option.

We take a multimeter and check the wiring-terminals of the motor.
We need the output of the working winding. To detect it, you need to measure the resistance, if the device at one of the terminals shows a value close to 12 ohms, then this is the working conclusion.
We connect the working output to the mains (220V).
Without a starting device, our emery will not start even after we have connected it to the network, therefore, in order for the emery to start rotating, it must be twisted with force by hand. Proceed gently and your hand will replace the trigger.

There are other options for using an electric motor from a washing machine, but the principle of application is exactly the same. It is used on small homemade grain crushers and grass grinders, household concrete mixers, and even on small sawmills. We will not describe the nuances of making each electrical appliance, draw analogies yourself.

How to use the drum?

The stainless steel drum is a great, durable piece that can be crafted out of a lot. What homemade products can you make with your own hands based on the drum of a washing machine? On the Internet, you can find a lot of videos about how people make barbecue braziers out of a drum, as well as barbecue grills. Indeed, the thing is magnificent, and it costs nothing to do it.

We take out the drum from the body of the washing machine along with the pulley and shaft.
We put the drum right on the wheel with the hatch up, here's an impromptu brazier.
You can cut off the front of the tank (near the hatch) with a grinder to expand the working part of the brazier. It will also be convenient to put firewood in it.

For your information! The barbecue from the drum turns out to be excellent, because the drum is dotted with a huge number of small holes through which air evenly flows to the coals, fanning them and providing the necessary heat.

There are also a lot of videos on the network on how to make a small smokehouse from a drum. A very interesting and practical use of the drum, which we tried out ourselves and would be happy to share our experience. How is a smokehouse made?

Craftsmen also make puffs and futuristic lampshades for a chandelier from a washing machine drum. Poof is easy to make. We take a pillow, cut out a square from the chipboard that matches the size of the pillow taken. We nail the pillow to the chipboard with a furniture stapler. Next, we take the simplest card loop, fasten it on one side to the chipboard with a pillow, and on the other to the upper part of the drum wall. We got a pouf with a hinged lid, and inside the pouf you can store small things.

You can decorate the pouf by painting the outer walls of the drum with paints. In the photo and video on the Internet, there are many options for how to do this. You can also not be fooled and cover the outer frame of the pouf with a beautiful fabric.

For your information! Washing machine drum poufs are quite sturdy and will serve you for many years.

To make a futuristic lampshade for a nursery, you need to do the following:

from a large piece of PCB (or other non-flammable material that does not conduct electricity) we cut a circle to the size of the drum hatch;
cut off the bottom of the drum with a grinder;
cut a hole in a circle of PCB for a cartridge and a hook;
insert the cartridge into a circle made of PCB and hang it on a hook;
we securely fasten the PCB circle to the drum with bolts so that the circle completely covers the hatch;
the drum with the cartridge hangs from the ceiling, now we screw in the light bulb (through the pre-cut bottom of the drum) and admire the result of the work.

What kind of homemade products are not made by people from the drum of the washing machine with their own hands. We have listed and described only a small part. The drum is adapted as a container for washing mushrooms and fruits grown in the garden. It is very convenient, you put vegetables in the drum, pour water from the hose through the hatch, and water, together with dirt, pours out through the holes. At the exit, vegetables or mushrooms are clean.

The drum can also be used as a container for seedlings or a growth restrictor for shrubs and perennials. It is clear with seedlings, we will not explain, but we will talk about the limiter in more detail. Some shrub plants that summer residents like to plant in their area tend to grow in breadth (raspberries, honeysuckle, euonymus). So, if you pour black soil into a drum from a washing machine, and plant, for example, a raspberry bush in it, then bury the drum in the ground, the raspberries cannot creep over the site.

There are other uses for a washing machine drum. The main thing is to turn on your imagination, not to be lazy to do something with your own hands, and perhaps you will become one of the authors of a new homemade product created from the drum of a used washing machine.

How to use a manhole door?

We made sure that a lot can be done from the motor and drum of the washing machine, but how to apply the rest of the details, for example, the hatch door. It couldn't be easier. The hatch door of the horizontal loading washing machine is very sturdy and easy to remove. It can be used in many different ways.

Important! The difficulty of installing the hatch cover on the booth or the window of the steam room with your own hands is to properly mount the lock so that the fixing hook fits snugly.

Legs, clamps, counterweights and other useful little things

In which homemade products can the legs of the washing machine be used? The good thing about the washer legs is that they are very durable and can be adjusted in height. Screw them to a heavy piece of furniture like a wardrobe and you can make it taller or lower. If you screw the legs from the washer to the workbench, you can adjust its height, which will make the work more convenient.

Clamps and wiring can be used when repairing electrical appliances with your own hands. For those who are not alien to working with a multimeter and a soldering iron, this little thing will definitely come in handy. Counterweights can also be used. In old washing machines, counterweights were made mainly of cast iron; they can be scrapped, but they can also be used on the farm. For example, in order to press down a container with cabbage during salting, by the way, a concrete counterweight is also suitable for these purposes, it is small enough and heavy enough.

Summing up, we note that it turns out that some of the details of the "obsolete" washing machine can be used to create things needed in the household. This applies not only to the motor, but also to the drum, hatch, wiring, clamps, counterweights, and the body itself. If you have the time and desire to give the parts of an old washing machine a second life, do it, the energy spent will pay off.

A variety of useful devices and fixtures can be made from parts from a washing machine, regardless of its condition and type.

They can perform various mechanical work, as well as play the role of generators of free reserve energy. For the manufacture of homemade products with an electric motor, housings, wiring and other spare parts will fit.

Fixture options

Here's what you can do with an old washing machine. These devices will be useful for household, construction, gardening and renovation.

The most common homemade product is emery.... Since the diameters of the motor shaft and the grinding stone are different, a matching adapter will need to be made. Its role will be played by a piece of a 20-centimeter pipe. At the end of the latter, a thread should be made so that it is twice as long as a whetstone. Its direction should be opposite to the rotation of the motor. This is necessary so that the grinding wheel does not unscrew and fall off.

The adapter must be fastened to the motor shaft. Then you will need to drill a hole there, and screw in the bolt and nut in order to finally fix the emery wheel with the adapter. It remains to strengthen the homemade product on a reliable basis.

The motor power from the washing machine is enough for a small lathe or drum grinder... In the first case, you can slowly machine the cylindrical workpiece. For more reliable fastening, a support should be used that protects the motor from excessive lateral loads. In the second case, a cylinder is put on the engine shaft, on which sanding paper is put on. A steel bar should also be installed inside it, with which you can fasten it to the motor shaft.

An old activator-type washing machine can turn into a small concrete mixer. To do this, you should:

Make the blades, for which it is necessary to cut out blanks from 4-5 mm steel, connect them at right angles (in the form of the letter P), and weld.
Attach the part to the place of the activator.
Connect the motor to the mains (see below).
All that remains is to put the necessary building materials into the tank.
In this case, the motor power will be sufficient for small volumes.

You can also make a feed cutter. In addition to the engine, you will need a drum from a washing machine. It is necessary to make two sharpened blades that play the role of knives. The drum is bolted to the base frame. An outlet hole should be made in its lower part. One blade with a knife is installed at the bottom, and the other is closer to the top. A lid must be fitted to the opening in the front of the drum to prevent feed scattering to the sides.

Another possible DIY is a lawn mower. It will work just as well as the factory one. To make it you will need:

First you need to weld a square frame with axles. In the base, which is attached from its bottom side, a hole should be made for the motor shaft, and then secured. A U-shaped handle should be made from longer pipes. A rubber casing is put on its horizontal part to make it easier to hold. A wire with a switch is connected to the motor. If it is planned to use it for cutting wet grass, then all conductive parts must be carefully insulated.

Finally, the last device that can be made from a washing machine is generator... The asynchronous motor will require revision. It is necessary to disassemble it, cut grooves in the rotor into which neodymium magnets must be inserted and glued with cold welding. The working winding will need to be connected to a controller, which stabilizes and rectifies the current induced in it and provides a given voltage.

Such a generator will be able to power the lamp or charge the battery. The rotor can be driven by a drill, screwdriver, or pedal mechanism. Other options are also possible.

Types of motors

Older washing machines used induction motors. They consist of a wound stator and a cylindrical rotor that is driven by a rotating magnetic field. They are distinguished by low noise, simple design, and sufficiently high power. But there are also disadvantages - these are large dimensions and weight, the complexity of smooth speed control, and low efficiency and torque. They also cannot function as a generator without rework.

The most common are two-phase induction motors... They have a working and starting winding. The first is connected directly, and the second is connected through a phase-shifting capacitor. Currently, asynchronous motors are not used in washing machines.

The collector motor is used in all modern automatic washing machines. Powered by AC and DC. It consists of a stator and a rotor, the magnetic fields of which interact, as a result of which the latter rotates. It is equipped with a collector through which voltage is supplied to the winding through the brushes. Advantages - high torque and considerable rotation speed, which can be easily and smoothly adjusted. Brush motors are also capable of operating as an externally excited generator.

The inverter motor is directly connected to the drum. It has a rather complex design. This motor can work as an efficient generator if the manufacturer of the electric motor has installed magnets in the rotor, due to which a considerable current will be induced in the stator.

Connection and verification

Make sure the selected motor is running. To do this, determine the conclusions of the windings using a tester or multimeter. To check the operation of the collector motor, you need to connect one wire of the cable with a plug to one brush, and the other to the winding terminal. Free conductors are interconnected. If the engine is working properly, the rotor will start to rotate.

The asynchronous motor is connected in a different way. First, you need to determine the working and exciting windings. The first will have more resistance. Power is supplied to it directly, and to the exciting one - through a phase-shifting capacitor.

In the modern rhythm of life, time passes very quickly and now a once high-quality and reliable washing machine turns into trash due to wear and tear or for other reasons. What to do with your beloved helper? Many will decide with a heavy heart to throw the device away. But owners with imagination and straight hands can start looking for options for using various working parts. This text is intended to help find the application of the engine from the washing machine. So what can be done from an old washing machine, or rather, from its engine?

It is necessary to start first of all with the basis of the future machine. This platform can be a plate made of old chipboard from old Soviet furniture, which is distinguished by its strength and reliability. The power unit of the unit is the engine from the washing machine... There are standard studs on its body, to which you need to attach mounting angles, which you will need to purchase in advance at any building supermarket or store. Accordingly, we attach the corners to the stand or directly to the base, if it is convenient, of course.

Do not forget that simply connecting the motor from under a 220 W washing machine will not lead to anything good. It is necessary to save the native capacitor and connect the motor through it.

Since the motor shaft from an automatic washing machine is not intended for fixing various cutting or sharpening discs on it, you will need to look for an adapter for a sharpener or an adapter for emery on local electronic boards and purchase it in order to make the device perfectly.

The purchased adapter sits on a 14 mm shaft. Visually, it cannot be confused with anything - a cylindrical element that is fixed with a threaded bolt. The cylinder shaft itself has a M14 thread. A double-sided washer with flow diameters is put on it, allowing you to install all consumables for a grinder based on an old engine from a washing machine.

Based on the foundation it makes sense to make and install a removable table from the same fiberboard boards. To securely fix the table, on the base, you will need to use two dowels on both sides of the surface. In this addition to the machine, it is necessary to make clearances for a wide variety of discs. It is important.

Thus, an inexpensive but functional sharpening or grinding machine is obtained. It will last a long time and reliably, which is very pleasant, especially in the context of the fact that it was made from an old motor from a washing machine. By the way, some took this principle as a basis in the manufacture of a router, although most of this idea still seems crazy.

Lawn mower

In order to bring this idea to life and make a high-quality device, you need to use:

steel base;
wheels and handle;
the wire;
a knife that you need to make yourself.

Traditionally, you should start with a base of sheet steel 500-500-5 millimeters. Having prepared the wheels from under something, for example, from an old stroller, we attach them to a steel sheet. The engine itself from the old washing machine is attached directly to the finished base by means of standard studs on the motor housing. On the shaft of the unit itself, with the help of an adapter pre-machined on a lathe, the cutting knife is fixed. Then, having prepared the handle from the available material, we attach it to the steel base. Using the same handle, we bring out the power supply wire of the motor.

The advantages of this lawn mower are the simplicity of the design as well as its functionality. And the best part is that an analogue of a factory mower is much more expensive.

Wood lathe

For the base of the product, a bar of 250-50 millimeters is needed on which the engine from the washing machine is attached. How? The answer is simple - with the mounting angles. The studs are bolted to the corners, and they, in turn, are screwed to the base with self-tapping screws. We put an adapter for a sharpener on the motor shaft. Then we screw on the adapter thread a removable nozzle welded from a bolt with a corresponding thread and a small cylinder with spikes. Thus, this part of the machine is a fixed headstock.

A welded structure acts as a movable headstock, consisting of:

internally threaded pipes;
a vise shaft, at the end of which there is a small cylinder with a thrust bearing and spikes.

T the ruba is welded onto a pedestal from a square of 45-45-3 millimeters... The base for the movable headstock is made of sheet steel, on which the pedestal is also welded. Then the base of the headstock is screwed to the bar protruding from the base of the machine.

The next structural part of the lathe from the engine from the old machine is the "stop". It is made of a corner with a cut-out groove, which acts as a guide, and a second corner, which reliably walks along the grooves in the guides thanks to the bolts between these two elements. The same bolts also fix the corner on the guides. The stop is fastened with self-tapping screws directly to the timber.

Circular

First, you need to roll up the bed from a square pipe in the form of a small rectangular table. In the center of it, it is necessary to weld the ears under the shaft with fastening under. On the top of the bed, screw a worktop or a cut-out plate of sheet steel. Under the upper parts of the bed, you will need to weld the base for the engine from the old washing machine with installation later.

In the form of a chassis, a belt drive is presented... On the shaft of the motor and the circular, both pulleys have grooves, and the belt has grooves. This prevents the belt from flying off the pulleys during operation. For ease of use and transportation of this circular, two wheels from the old trolley are attached to the legs of the bed on one side, and on the other side - a convenient handle of the required length. Operating tips include safety rules when working with a circular, as well as the fact that it is always necessary to check the belt tension. This will keep the fingers and the rest of the body intact.

Wood splitter

To begin with, it is worth preparing:

a threaded cone pre-machined on a lathe;
a shaft at one end of which a thread is cut;
two bearings in the housing;
bearing sleeve;
pulley;
a bushing for a pulley;
nuts and washers with bolts.

Naturally, an engine from an old machine can act in the form of a motor. It is also worth noting that the more massive the pulley, the more powerful the wood splitter will be.

First, the shaft should be placed in the bushing., and then assemble the shaft on the bearings. After that, we securely fasten the cone to the shaft with spacer bolts so that the bolts go into the recesses in the cone. Then the pulley is pushed onto the shaft and clamped through the locknut with a washer. All mechanics are positioned and fixed on a sheet steel plate. At the end, you will need to make a bed, place an automatic machine on it from an old washing machine and pull a belt between the motor pulley and the shaft.

Some ideas from other elements

The scope of the engine from the old, but so dear to the heart of the washing machine is truly great. The options described above are just some of the possible. More information about the use of this kind of engine, or, in general, all parts from an old washing machine, including a drum, can be found on the Internet.

« It is better to see once than hear a hundred times”- this immutable truth applies to the search for interesting variations in the use of elements of the washing machine today. How? There are a lot of options on the Web that can be made not only from the engine, but also from the drum, housing and even the belt separately. What is it about? Some parts of the washing machine can be used to make a mill, mill, generator, pump, and even a barbecue and part of the interior decor can be made from a drum!

A morally outdated or outdated household washing machine contains a lot of structural elements that, having been in the hands of craftsmen, can be useful in the household. Such assemblies include various switches and relays, pulleys, a stainless steel drum, etc. However, most often there are homemade products using a washing machine engine.

Types of engines from washing machines

Washing machines are equipped with different types of motors depending on the design option. Among them are asynchronous, collector and inverter motors.

Asynchronous motors

Structurally, asynchronous electric motors consist of two main parts - a stationary stator and a rotor, the rotation speed of which can exceed 2500 rpm. Such a motor is easy to maintain, has a low noise level and low cost. However, due to significant shortcomings (large dimensions, low efficiency (efficiency), the complexity of the electrical control circuit, etc.), they are not currently used in washing machines. They can be found only in old models such as SM-1.5 "TsNA" (Tambov plant "Revtrud"), "Donbass", "OKA" (Nizhny Novgorod plant named after Y. Sverdlov), "Riga", etc., manufactured before 2000 year.

Collector motors

Collector electric motors are motors that are currently installed on about 80% of washing machines ("Vyatka-automatic", semi-automatic models of the "Eureka" series, etc.). Structurally, they are somewhat more complicated than induction motors, since, in addition to the stator and the collector rotor, they require a tachogenerator and conductive brushes. Collector motors have:

small overall dimensions;
significant starting moment;
simple control scheme;
high rotor speed, etc.

Important! At the same time, the collector electric motor requires regular maintenance due to the wear of the collector-brush assembly, and has a high noise level.

Inverter motors

Structurally, inverter (brushless) electric motors, as well as induction motors, consist of a stator and a rotor. However, thanks to the use of direct drive technology and a three-phase inverter-type control circuit (the speed is controlled by a frequency converter), the developers managed to eliminate a number of connecting elements, which improved their operational characteristics. They differ from other types of engines:

high efficiency;
high power;
long service life;
low noise level, etc.

Of the shortcomings, experts note a more complex control scheme, which somewhat increases the cost of automatic washing machines (Indesit, LG, Ardo and their analogues).

Dismantling and connecting electric motors

When removing a used electric motor from the body of the washing machine, it is necessary to take into account some of the nuances.

removed together with the capacitor

On the stator of a low-voltage collector motor installed permanent magnets, alternately connected to the current source... On the casing of such a motor, there must be an information plate indicating the magnitude and polarity of the connected voltage.
Inverter motors dismantled together with the electronic control unit... On the body of the latter there is also a plate (sticker), which indicates the magnitude of the supply voltage and its polarity.

Before starting the engine from the washing machine, you need to understand the purpose of its wires and connect them correctly. They have different colors from different manufacturers, so they must first be “ringed” with a tester.

In homemade products, collector motors from washing machines are most often used. They usually have 6 wires. Wherein pins from the tachogenerator are practically not used... Their resistance to ringing is about 60-70 ohms. Having identified these wires, they are taken to the side and fastened with electrical tape (so as not to interfere).

The remaining conductors go to the stator and rotor (2 wires) and to the conductive brushes (2 wires). On the wiring diagrams, they are indicated by colored or numbered arrows. For example, "arrows 1" mark the wires leading to the brushes, and "arrows 2" - to the stator windings. The easiest way determine the conclusions coming from the brushes... They are called from the side of the contacts, after removing the graphite rods. The resistance of the stator winding wires is in the range of 12-35 ohms.

There are also motors with 3, 4 or 5 wires. In this case, a three-wire circuit is used in single-phase motors, where the starting winding (with a lower resistance) connected via a capacitor... In addition, one of the wires can be ground. Pins that do not ring can go to various sensors (for example, a temperature sensor, etc.). The circuit for switching on the electric motor is also important - a star or a triangle.

Having determined the pairs of wires coming from the rotor and stator, connect one by one from the stator winding and from the rotor brush. The remaining two wires are connected to the mains and test the performance of the electric motor.

Advice! For safety reasons, before connecting to a 220 volt mains, the engine must be securely fixed on a fixed base. This will avoid unintentional movement when power is applied.

Homemade products from the engine from the washing machine

The electric motor from the washing machine can be adapted as the main power unit in a variety of designs. Getting started, you must first of all decide on the parts that will be mounted on the shaft of this motor, and ensure their reliable fastening. To do this, it is necessary to equip the motor shaft with a suitable attachment.

Modification of the electric motor

The main problem that has to be solved when revising the electric motor is the inconsistency of the bore holes of the parts that will be attached to the shaft with the diameter of the latter. To mate these parts, it is necessary to make a special adapter (flange). On the one hand, it must have a thread to install the part, and on the other, an element that allows the flange to be securely fastened to the motor shaft.

Most often, for the manufacture of such a flange, a piece of steel pipe with a length of no more than 20 mm and a diameter of 32 mm is used. At one of the ends of this pipe, a thread is cut, the length of which should be at least twice the thickness of the nozzle to be installed.

Important! The thread must be cut in the opposite direction to the rotation of the motor shaft. Otherwise, the installed part will fly off, which is unsafe for the user.

The opposite end of the pipe is heated with a blowtorch and pressed onto the motor shaft. After cooling down, the flange will be securely fastened. To strengthen it, it is advisable to drill a hole across the joint and additionally tighten the shaft and flange with a bolt and nut. Such revision will allow you to reliably fix any nozzle on the motor shaft(a pulley for a belt drive to a compressor, grinding or cutting wheels, cutting blades, etc.). You can use an electric motor modified in this way when creating various homemade products.

To sharpen scissors, knives, drills and other cutting tools, the motor must be fixed to the workbench or other suitable surface. To do this, it is best to make an intermediate frame (stand), on which, using the standard mounting holes, install the engine. The design of the frame should ensure reliable fastening of the assembly to the workplace.

The next operation is setting the grindstone... For this, three nuts with the appropriate thread and two suitable washers must be prepared. One nut is screwed onto the flange until it stops, then a washer is put on, then an emery wheel and another washer. This whole "sandwich" is tightened with the second nut. The third nut is used to lock the threaded connection. On this, the creation of emery can be considered complete.

Advice! Such a device can be assembled using even a small electric motor from "Baby" type washing machines.

In a similar way, other simple devices are made, for example, a circular, a grinder (grinder), etc. old washing machine, a starting device is required. How to make such homemade products with your own hands will be discussed below.

By securely fixing the frame with the electric motor to the workbench, you can make a multifunctional lathe designed for processing wood blanks. It includes:

a headstock mounted directly on the shaft of the electric motor;
tailstock, designed for reliable fastening of the workpiece being processed;
a hand-hand that provides a convenient use of the tool (cutter, chisel, etc.).

The construction of a stationary sawmill begins with the manufacture of a special bed with a technological slot for a saw blade. An electric motor from a washing machine is then installed on it, having previously secured a small pulley for a drive belt on it. The large disc is mounted on the saw blade shaft. The pulleys are connected to each other by a V-shaped or rivulent belt.

To make a feed cutter, in addition to the engine from the washing machine, you will also need its drum, in the back wall of which you need to make a hole for the electric motor shaft. Then, having installed the motor on the drum, the cutting elements (2 knives) are fixed on the shaft. The drum should be covered with a lid on top, otherwise the cut raw materials will fly out of it.

Conclusion

When purchasing a new washing machine, you should not throw the unit that has served its life in a landfill. Its constituent parts, and especially the engine, can be used for the manufacture of handicrafts useful in the household, saving a certain amount of material resources on this.

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A washing machine, like other household electrical appliances, breaks down after a certain period of operation and cannot be repaired. Therefore, you have to purchase a new one, but what to do with the old typewriter? Of course, you can just throw it away for disposal like solid waste. But this is done by impractical owners, since the design of this household equipment includes many useful elements that may still be useful on the farm. Consider what can be done from an automatic washing machine.

What parts can be used

A washing machine is a rather complex household equipment that includes many individual elements. The more modern it is, the more details are included in its design.

Washer elements that can still be useful in everyday life:

Important! If you are good at electronics, then you should not throw away the control unit, which includes a large number of semiconductor components that can be useful when repairing other electrical equipment.

Application of the working motor of the washing machine

Consider some homemade products from a washing machine engine. Today, with the help of the Internet, many home craftsmen are happy to share their own inventions, in the design of which spare parts from old washing machines were used. Let's consider the most popular ones.

Concrete mixer manufacturing

When carrying out repairs in an apartment, a private house, you may need a small amount of concrete mortar. Renting a concrete mixer for such a purpose is too expensive. You can build such a tool yourself, for which a case from an old washing machine (except for an automatic machine) is suitable.

Manufacturing instruction:

A simple concrete mixer for domestic use is ready. With such a device, you can easily prepare a bucket of solution.

Emery from the engine from a washing machine

A working motor from an old automatic machine can be used to make electric emery with your own hands. This is done very simply - an emery stone (sharpener) is installed on the motor shaft. Such a tool will be very practical in the country, since it can be used to sharpen not only knives, but also shovels and axes.

Feeder, grain crusher

For those who have a small plot of land, maintain a household, a self-made grain crusher and a feed cutter will not hurt. If an electric motor of an automatic machine is used for this purpose, then a home-made device will work no worse than factory equipment.

It is not difficult to make a feed cutter in a domestic environment. In addition to the motor, you will need a top-loading machine body, which can be found in scrap metal.

It is important to understand! The motor of a failed washing machine can be used to make many different household tools that require rotation.

The working motor of the washing machine can be used to make a homemade kneader.

How to connect a motor to a washing machine

If the owners of the old machine have ideas for the further use of the working engine, the question immediately arises of how to connect it to the 220 V.

To begin with, it is worth understanding the electrical circuit, after which it will not take much time to connect the motor to the power supply. We need to deal with the wiring. Specifically, wires connected to the stator, rotor will be used.

How to choose the right wires

Look from the front at the block with the wiring - the first two wires on the left are most often the tachometer wires, through which the washing machine speed is adjusted. We won't need them.

Then comes the red, brown stator wire, followed by two wires (green, gray) connected to the rotary brushes. We will need all these wires to connect the engine to the mains.

Important! To connect the washing machine motor to the 220 V power grid, a starting capacitor is not needed, and the starting winding is not needed for the motor itself.

Of course, in different models of washers, the wires differ in color, but the principle of connection is the same. To deal with the wiring, you need to ring each wire with a multimeter. The device must be configured to measure resistance. Then one probe of the device is applied to any wire, with the second probe a pair is selected for it.

A quietly functioning tachogenerator most often has a resistance of the order of 70 ohms. These wires are recognized first of all, retracted to the side. After that, the rest of the wires are called, broken in pairs.

We connect the engine to the network

When everything is clear with wires, you need to connect them correctly:

In accordance with the diagram, the end of the stator winding must be connected to the rotor brushes (it is recommended to make an insulated jumper).
It is necessary to connect the wire of the rotor brush, the end of the rotor winding to the mains. After applying voltage to the wires, the motor will start to turn the shaft.

Important! Washing machine motors are powerful. To avoid injury, you must be extremely careful. Therefore, before starting the equipment, it is recommended to carefully fasten the motor to some kind of base.

Washing machine drum use

The drum from the washing machine, made of durable stainless steel, can be used for a variety of purposes in the household. You can make many practical products from it with your own hands, for example, a barbecue grill or a barbecue roaster.

How to make a brazier:

it is necessary to disconnect the drum from the old washing machine along with the shaft and pulley;
we set it up with a hatch on the wheel;
the brazier is ready.

The working part of the brazier can be increased slightly. To do this, you need a grinder, with the help of which the front part of the drum, located near the hatch, is cut off. Accordingly, it will be much more convenient to put firewood in it.

For your information! For making a barbecue, a drum is an ideal material, since it has a huge number of holes through which the air flow will evenly blow the coals, creating the necessary heat.

You should not throw out a washing machine that has worked out its life, as it consists of many useful parts that can still be useful in everyday life, in the country, for housekeeping. At the same time, various hand-made devices will help save money.