Bill Lantry
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Forgive me, folks, but I didn't want to hijack Jay's thread. On page three, Bart said this:
"I know a professional turner who's lathe is a chunk of concrete oh about 1000 lbs or more with pillow blocks fastened to the top & I think a 2 HP motor turning I think a 1 1/4" shaft. He turns stuff one wouldn't dare put on a light duty lathe.
He probably has $200 or a little more in it."
Hmmmm...
As you may remember, I had a project to slow down my big lathe, which I had to abandon when I couldn't find a motor with a 4 1/4" 5/8" spindle. But...
I did do a fair amount of research on VFDs and 3 phase motors. Now, say I left the big lathe as is, and looked at the problem in a wholly different way. Say I wasn't worried about a tailstock? What's actually in a lathe? A motor, two pulleys, a threaded spindle with a bearing, and a face plate. And a way to keep an adjustable toolrest rock steady... Am I missing something?
Do you see where I'm going here? It's a little crazy, but it's not the craziest idea I've ever had...
Thanks,
Bill
"I know a professional turner who's lathe is a chunk of concrete oh about 1000 lbs or more with pillow blocks fastened to the top & I think a 2 HP motor turning I think a 1 1/4" shaft. He turns stuff one wouldn't dare put on a light duty lathe.
He probably has $200 or a little more in it."
Hmmmm...
As you may remember, I had a project to slow down my big lathe, which I had to abandon when I couldn't find a motor with a 4 1/4" 5/8" spindle. But...
I did do a fair amount of research on VFDs and 3 phase motors. Now, say I left the big lathe as is, and looked at the problem in a wholly different way. Say I wasn't worried about a tailstock? What's actually in a lathe? A motor, two pulleys, a threaded spindle with a bearing, and a face plate. And a way to keep an adjustable toolrest rock steady... Am I missing something?
Do you see where I'm going here? It's a little crazy, but it's not the craziest idea I've ever had...
Thanks,
Bill