I purchased an assortment of various ‘train junk’ on 7/29 at an antiques place- among the items I had pooled together to get a deal on, was this sorry looking motor. It appears to resemble some motors that were made by Ives, looking at what comes up when searching “ives motor” online. There are, however, a few major differences. The biggest ones that jump out at me, are a) it has a collector assembly with only one roller, versus the two I was seeing in pictures, b) there is only one driven axle, and c) there are no screws used anywhere on the motor assembly- everything is rivited together (talk about a servicing nightmare).
Looking at the shape of things, I think it’s not unlikely I may be forced to rewind the motor- assuming it can be salvaged. The commutator is in pieces, so some very serious work would be required no matter what, if I wanted to make it run.
Do folks have any experience with or knowledge about Ives motors of this type? I’m really not sure how to take it apart in a manor that wouldn’t destroy my chances of reassembly- I could grind, file, and drill my way through any number of rivets, but th