yeah, I have been seeing that float around in some other online groups. I don't have any torque converters but I do have extra axles and brake drums lying around. they are also rated to spin at 3750 RPM no problem. I thought about cutting an axle housing off so I could use the wheel bearing. I would then cut anther bearing to fit in the cut off axle tube side near where the center section used to be. then I could cut down an axle, have the brake drum on one side and pulley mounted on the other end of the axle. I could then feed the pulley with the motor and play with the ratios for speed changes.Large torque converters are usually the choice for fuges since they are already balanced and generally the right shape. There are a bunch of people that are making diy fuges now. Brake drums would be balanced and heavier. It would be easy to close up. Interesting idea. How were you going to orient it? I was going to build a second fuge and my buddy was going to cut it on his lathe and then re-weld it for me. A torque converter rebuild shop quoted me $200 (i think that is what they said) to cut gut and reweld.
But I figure just cutting the axle to fit directly on the motor would be easier. I would have the motor at the bottom facing upward. The cut off axle would mount to the motor and the brake drum would bolt to that with the inside facing upward. I just need to add a seal and a housing around it.