20" Disc Sander

[Ron Hampe]

I have an older 20" Central Machinery disc sander that needs a motor. I bought it used knowing that and the seller gave me 3 imported junk motors with it to scrap. He stated that none of them worked for long and I would like to put a decent motor on it. Needs to be single phase and I am thinking Leeson 2hp single phase, but only because their rep is fairly close. Is there a better one?

With the exception of the dust collection port and location of the start/stop switch looks identical to many of the newer ones on the market. Does anyone know the correct model and frame number for one of these?

[Ole Anderson]

Not sure how fast you want to spin a 20" disc, but I suspect you will want a 1750 rpm motor, not 3500 rpm. A Baldor TEFC would be the gold standard.

[Richard Coers]

My Woodtek uses a 3hp, and so does Jet. Starting load is huge on these sanders.