It's alive,it's alive. Been a few times I wanted to try something like that. Wife got a new washing machine and dryer. Sears didn't want to take the old ones like they said they would. 20 minutes with my trusty sawzall and little pieces out by the curb for the trash. Just as I was sitting down for supper the doorbell rings. guy with a beatup truck asks if he could have them for scrap. Ok by me and problem solved and all by suppertime. Regarding the 1/3 or 1/2 HP motors as they usually turn over @1725 rpm. Had an old drill press and the motor went south, swapped out the old one and stuck a 1/2HP 1725rpm one in and that puppy ran for years. Found a nice one in one of those motorized file cabinets. Took about 15 minutes to liberate it. Made that into a double wheel polishing rig. Still have one or two floating around in the garage. Frank