Looking to add a treadmill motor to a JD Wallace vintage bandsaw.

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Wow I would be pretty covetousness of some al stock like that. Any metal on the curb is quickly picked up by then scavengers/ scrappers around here. They always circle our neighborhood like vultures on scrap day. There old pickup trucks are full of little kids bikes and lawnmowers. I have lost some small metal furniture that was 15 feet from the curb in about ten minutes time. You would think some lawn chairs were made from gold by the way it disappears around here.

You know it used to be that way around here. But a year or so ago you could find guys on cl who wanted you scrap, not anymore. And when I did find one they couldn't be bothered unless it was a car or tractor. Won't even take washers and dryers anymore and tha places you used to see saying they would give you something for scrap have all disappeared. I just don't have any need for all this al and I'll bet it's over 100lbs.

I was wondering when you'd get to controls as that was even bigger rabbit hole than the motors IMHO. In my searches on eBay I found this ad for "MC-60 black box DC motor super controller". A MC-60 is a pretty common treadmill lo end motor controller and this is that controller in a small plastic case completely setup for a mill or lathe. It has an lighted on off switch, fwd neutral rev switch, resume pause switch, a motor speed knob and jog button. Just came today and everything works with my motor. I ended up getting it for $115 w/shipping. I thought if nothing else the control board is easy to get for as low as $45 and I could take this apart and copy the wiring and switches and make another for half price I think.