Bart Leetch
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On a lathe with a VFD is there any reasson a switch like a Long Ranger usually used for a DC couldn't be used?
On a lathe with a VFD is there any reasson a switch like a Long Ranger usually used for a DC couldn't be used?
Bill
The remote switch idea is to get you away from the head stock where the regular switch is usually located should you see that your turning project is coming apart or about to depart the lathe. If you have a remote switch say magnetically mounted at the tail stock end you step to that end away from the potential path of distruction & shut the lathe down.
G'day all,
I have fitted a remote emergency switch & found it very handy when turning deep vases etc. When working at or near the tailstock end & something starts to go wrong it is so easy just to stop the lathe from there rather than lean over the spinning item to reach the standard switch.
I used a "Triton" switch, just plugged in into the mains & plugged the lathe into that. I also added a couple of Rare Earth magnets to the back which means I can move it anywhere along the bed.
Hope I have explained this correctly.
HTH
Col
I am not sure if my lathe has a VFD or not. Sorry I can't be of more help.
I was a carpenter/joiner for 100 years & electricity is all foreign to me.
This is the lathe I have.
I do not use the remote swithch regularly, I have only used it a couple of times this last year.
Col
Bart,
I can say with certainty that if something is coming off the lathe, you may not necessarily be safe at the tail stock end either... if you remember my little incident last year, I was closer to the tail stock than to the headstock when that bowl came out of the chuck and careened off my face. I have a lathe with a Reeves unit, so when I flip the switch, it starts at speed... I TRY to remember to always start at 450 and work back up to speed... I also always step to the left of the headstock, clear of the work when I start the lathe.