Water driven motor

A water powered motor suitable for providing motive power to a machine tool comprising:

• a housing, said housing including an upper portion and a lower portion, said lower portion including a removable and replaceable first bearing, said first bearing axially aligned within a centrally located impeller cavity, said impeller cavity including an upper portion and a lower portion, said lower portion of said impeller cavity having a substantially cylindrical shape, a water inlet for allowing high pressure water into said impeller cavity, said upper portion of said impeller cavity including an exhaust channel, said exhaust channel having a substantially oval shape, said exhaust channel constructed and arranged to utilize centrifugal force to direct said high pressure water to a water exhaust for exhausting said high pressure water from said impeller cavity, said housing including at least one integrally formed boss on an external surface thereof, said at least one boss including a threaded aperture for removable attachment of a handgrip;
• an impeller, said impeller including an upper side plate and a lower side plate, a plurality of vanes extending between said side plates, a centrally located aperture for a drive shaft, said drive shaft defining an axis of rotation for said impeller, said drive shaft constructed and arranged to extend through said impeller aperture and engage said impeller as well as said first bearing, said drive shaft having sufficient length to extend through an aperture centrally located in said lower portion of said housing for attachment to a machine tool, wherein rotation of said impeller provides motive power to said machine tool.