I agree?
Working with light lathe you different techniques over a larger lathe. On large I run the slower and take a massive cut.
The mini lathe I can run at higher speed and take light cuts. The down side if you are in production you need to replace or sharpen the tool bit more.
After all the mini lathe weight? is 60 to 200 pounds.?
A larger lathe is in tons.
Dave?
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On Sat, May 25, 2024 at 10:47 AM, Chris Albertson wrote:
I think the reason we don’t hear a lot about using different motors is that places like LMS sell stock motors. ?If you need to replace your motor the easiest way is to buy an exact replacement which is easy to get.
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A few people might want to replace a working motor with something “better” but most people realize this is not going to improve the quality of their finished parts. ?The Mini Lathe is just not massive enough for higher-powered motors. ? The motor is not the “weak link”.
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On May 25, 2024, at 10:38?AM, Aaron Woods via groups.io <awoods550@...> wrote:
This is simply curiosity, I don't currently have a 7" lathe, but I'm sort of a small lathe junky so it is just a matter of time.?
The Consew and treadmill motors seem quite popular. I just haven't seen them discussed much in connection to the 7" lathes. Didn't know if there was a specific reason, or maybe I just haven't noticed.
With other lathes it is often to add variable speed which wouldn't be a plus in this case. I just thought with the control boards apparently being unreliable that swaps might still be popular.
The small compact size is another thought, a motor swap being a bit more involved than a small lathe with the motor mounted seperately.
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