Originally Posted by TJ in CT  does anyone know where i can get a set of aluminum pulleys for my shoptask, shoptask does not sell them and I want to increase the speed , shoptask said the pulley are the weak point in upping the speed,  thanks to all, TJ |
Did you ever find any aluminum pulleys for your conversion? Now that I have my DC drive conversion done, I am looking at all those unused sheaves and cast iron weight spinning around. JT has a couple of old pulleys with chipped edges he said he would give me, so I am thinking of just machining away all the unnecessary material. Another poster said you can knock down the rotating weight of each one by about 9#. That would be a big advantage if you want to run at a higher speed.