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Castle Tsm21 Drill Motor
Listing #160 Listed on: 02/28/2016
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I recently purchased a used castle Tsm21. They told me when I bought it that the motor was discontinued by porter cable. But since it was a good price and still working I figured I would cross that bridge when I had a problem with it. Well it finally started messing up. I called castle and the complete kit to retrofit it was about $700.00. So my solution was to take a spare motor housing and fit a different one inside it. I cut the bearing housing out and stuck in my lathe and turned the inside out to fit the other motor. And here it is.
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| Porter cable betterley motor housing after turning |
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| Grizzly cheap motor I had |
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Viewer Comments:
Posted By:
Kenny [10/03/2016]
Does the grizzly router just friction fit in the porter cable housing?
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Alien [10/03/2016]
Yes I had to machine the inside diameter to make it a press fit.
Posted By:
Lee Haelters [11/14/2016]
Beautiful and brilliant! I am curious as to how you chucked that thin shell of a housing for boring, without distorting it. Can you tell us?
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Kenny [01/04/2017]
Thanks for the idea. Took ours to a machine shop and had done as we don't have a lathe. Cost $100. Very nice savings
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Kenny [01/04/2017]
I also might note that I used a Makita router instead of grizzly. Bought two in case they are discontinued.
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