ok i took a bunch of pictures of a shaded pole motor i yanked out of a microwave you can view them here Eric's page, Home
just click on the photos link then click on an image to enlarge.

i have 2 pictures in particular with highlighted lines showing where i want to cut away the laminations of the stator core. i would like some advise as to which of the 2 pictures would be a better attempt. i am not sure but i am guessing based on the dvd the width of the center bar of the S rotor idea needs to match the width of the connecting stator "brushes" (for lack of a better word) so i am not sure if highlighted picture 1 would be practical.

for the rotor i will use the old rotor to determine the size of the new rotor with the same gap clearance between rotor and stator. i will have a machine shop cut me a new rotor out of soft iron (and cut a longer shaft) modeled after Peter's S shape idea.

not sure how i will do the comutator.... any ideas?

thanks
Eric