Industrial Washing Machine

**Pnutfarmer** · 09-22-2013, 07:23 AM

Good catch, be sure to check out the motor and see if it runs. It's going to be an Elmo name brand reversible and can bring you around $100 on Ebay. If you're going to strip it completely, the stainless drums are the toughest part. The shaft will be welded to a thick plate (1/2" or more) in the back of the inner drum that could be stainless (hopefully) or usually steel. That cone shaped backplate in the inner drum is welded flat onto it and there are stainless connecting rods running from it toward the front usually inside the dashers. You have to cut a hole in each one to cut the rods before you can get the drum to come loose from the plate. I was fortunate to find a stainless buyer near me who could calculate and deduct for steel so I didn't have to remove the shafts or plates. Good luck, I think you'll do fine on this one.

**sledge** · 09-22-2013, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by Pnutfarmer

Good catch, be sure to check out the motor and see if it runs. It's going to be an Elmo name brand reversible and can bring you around $100 on Ebay. If you're going to strip it completely, the stainless drums are the toughest part. The shaft will be welded to a thick plate (1/2" or more) in the back of the inner drum that could be stainless (hopefully) or usually steel. That cone shaped backplate in the inner drum is welded flat onto it and there are stainless connecting rods running from it toward the front usually inside the dashers. You have to cut a hole in each one to cut the rods before you can get the drum to come loose from the plate. I was fortunate to find a stainless buyer near me who could calculate and deduct for steel so I didn't have to remove the shafts or plates. Good luck, I think you'll do fine on this one.

Wow man.. you have an uncanny knowledge about this beast! Thanks for the insight and the tips. I'll look into the motor- it spins freely (kind of neat you can get behind it like a ships wheel and drive it like a boat and hear the drum turning (the kid in me) and my kiddos did the same darn thing. The picture of the motor was to give context, I have big hands and this motor is a MONSTER! Never seen anything like it!. Heck the solid steel welded base will pay for my outlay of cash.. not to mention all the drive wheel and bracket that holds the drum is all alum, as well as the Stainless drum etc. Licking my chops on this one