Chuck Ellis
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I have a Jet 1442 with the Reeves speed control system that has/is giving me trouble... I've pulled the spindle and replaced it, replaced the moving pulleys on the spindle, replaced all the bearings, replaced the harp that slides along the spindle and reset the worm drive that slides the harp along the spindle to change the speed... some how, I didn't get the worm gear set in the right position as my speed indicator is off by two notches... I can live with that, but a I'm getting a lot of noise that sounds like bearings rattling and having difficulty with the harp sliding off the bearing... I've put locktite on it and that helps, but it's getting annoying...
my thoughts are that if I have a couple of good Saturdays this summer, I may replace the 1442 Reeves set up with a slightly bigger lathe with EVS. I know Jet has the 1642 that's 110/115 electrical with a 1.5 hp motor... their 2 hp is 220V. And looking at the Grizzly line of EVS lathes, they all appear to be 220V.... I like the fact that the Grizzly units are less expensive than the JET, but I do like the JET... my friend has one that I've used and I am impressed with it...
I have a 5 breaker panel in my shop, 20 am breakers in all of them. All of them are in use. 1 breaker for the lights, one for the DC in the outside shed, and the other 3 for the four walls where I have a plug every other stud.... they're divided so that I don't have heavy machinery all plugged into the same circuit... the back wall is one circuit, the end walls and one plug on the front are on separate circuits.
What would I need to do to create a 220V circuit in my shop? Would I have to run new line for the 220 or can the breaker box be adapted? My electrical line is underground from the house to the shop, buried in gray conduit about 18" deep.
I will have to have an electrician do the actual work... I have a healthy respect for electricity and not all that much knowledge.
my thoughts are that if I have a couple of good Saturdays this summer, I may replace the 1442 Reeves set up with a slightly bigger lathe with EVS. I know Jet has the 1642 that's 110/115 electrical with a 1.5 hp motor... their 2 hp is 220V. And looking at the Grizzly line of EVS lathes, they all appear to be 220V.... I like the fact that the Grizzly units are less expensive than the JET, but I do like the JET... my friend has one that I've used and I am impressed with it...
I have a 5 breaker panel in my shop, 20 am breakers in all of them. All of them are in use. 1 breaker for the lights, one for the DC in the outside shed, and the other 3 for the four walls where I have a plug every other stud.... they're divided so that I don't have heavy machinery all plugged into the same circuit... the back wall is one circuit, the end walls and one plug on the front are on separate circuits.
What would I need to do to create a 220V circuit in my shop? Would I have to run new line for the 220 or can the breaker box be adapted? My electrical line is underground from the house to the shop, buried in gray conduit about 18" deep.
I will have to have an electrician do the actual work... I have a healthy respect for electricity and not all that much knowledge.
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