??? that 1500 watt a bit over 2 HP is a awful lot of motor for
one of these l'll lathes .
??? animal
On 7/1/24 8:45 PM, Jon Rus via
groups.io wrote:
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Ralph,?
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The belt is either easy or almost
impossible.
Measure the teeth, each 1 tooth + the
empty space, then 10 teeth + spaces and then divide by 10, to
improve your accuracy over measuring just 1 tooth.
Then mark the belt and count the
teeth.
.
There may even be a number on the
back of the belt
That number can be either correct or
a lie.
.
Compare your measurements to
information on the internet and see if it is a generic or china
only belt.
Tell us your findings and I'm sure we
can help.
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If you upgrade your motor, you will
need a newer HD belt anyway.
The Custom Crafter knows all about
this and has misc parts all the way up to complete kits to make
this happen.
I bought some pulleys from him to
upgrade a table size 9" drill press to a BLDC motor so as to run
175-200rpm on a custom annular cutter, (800rpm motor with 4:1
reduction, 4x torque).
.
This is my only activity with him
other than wishing I could buy his 1500W kit for the 7x lathe.
.
What is your motor progress?
I could maybe send you one of my
brush motors I bought off of eBay,?
not free, but less than LMS, What is
your current motor claimed Wattage?
.
Good luck on your decisions.
.
John
On 7/1/2024 11:20 PM, Ralph
Hulslander wrote:
Jon, that is why I am "thinking" of using one of
the Consew motors I have.
I was shocked by the price of a new motor from Little
Machine Shop.
If it comes down to having to spend money I might just
buy a new mini lathe.
I need to know what the current belt is so I can look
for new pulleys.
There used to be a Duhguy here in the forum that does
repairs. I think he lived in Maine.
Getting my current mini lathe fixed is a possibility.
This lathe might be 50 years old.
Ralph,?
.
This is an excellent idea, but it is not
plug-n-play.?
You need to create a motor mount, and a matching
drive pulley as your original pulley will not fit.
You probably can not make it fit either.
There is a guy in Florida called "The Custom Crafter"
that has 500W, 1000W, and 2000W motors as well as all of
the hardware to make it work.
It is not cheap tho...
.
Lets just get this motor cleaned up before spending
any REAL money.
.
Go Godzilla Go!?
errrr Ralph!
On 7/1/2024 10:09 PM, Ralph Hulslander wrote:
My other lathe is not running so
I cannot turn the commutator.
That commutator does look kinda rough.
What is the belt?
Ralph
