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I have one on my Shopsmith Mark V. It works well and provides enormous torque sown low. But I've relubed it on occasion and I definitely wouldn't call it "simple." The CONCEPT is simple, but changing

Bruce Johnson? I can? use? this kind? of magnet tey came? from? hard? disk positionner very? easy? to? recycling? it also about? you? problem of? changing? motor? the other post I

i've followed the thread about changing motors why do we not see reeves drives with a standard ac motor i think they're used on some wood lathes and larger mills i used to work on them for driving

Or free, often with convenient mounting holes included. Computer hard drives offer some really nice ones; older server-grade ones can have phenomenally strong ones. Be very careful to not let them

The other part is a mini lathe has very little speed control Some have 2 speed and others have 4 speed . The rest of speed control is done with the motor control. I am using 1 hp and 1000 rpm just

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

This depends entirely on how your controller works. Back in the old days, we controlled motor speed by controlling the voltage we send to the motor. There are still many controllers that work

The tread mill motors are a good motor for a larger lathe . I have one on my South Bend 9" lathe & love it . For one of these 7" lathes I think a tread mill motor could be a bit much & could cause

I've never been interested in changing to a treadmill motor and controller because, from everything I've seen, when you slow a motor down electronically it lowers the rpm and lowers the torque. When

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

" I am in the process of using an iGaging DRO on one of my Unimats. I am also experiencing some issues with mounting the system in a neat fashion.? " Yes, these small lathes can be problematic in

Yes, it should be clear that you can’t mount the DRO at three locations and have them slide accurately unless you drill the mounting points with 0.0001 level precision. The “roller” was to be

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

I took that approach on all but my latest install, the one that's the subject of this thread (for a grand total of 5 DROs, three on the mill and two on the lathe).? I wasn't sure how it was going to

I have the iGaging dros on my Clausing 8520. One thing I learned in installing them is that only one end needs to be fixed, the other end can float. I installed a long DRO with both ends fixed and

Mark, I am in the process of using an iGaging DRO on one of my Unimats. I am also experiencing some issues with mounting the system in a neat fashion.

I am seeing many old posts appearing when I open Unimat site. Any ideas as to what is going on? Or am I missing something? I am seeing old posts as far back as 2010. Dick

I have had the Consew 3/4 hp Brushless DC motor on my Craftsman 12 x 36 lathe, my Clausing 8520 Vertical mill and my 16 " Delta Bandsaw. I would think the consew motor might be a bit much for a mini

He’ll probably chime in, but ISTR one guy here has replaced his with a Consew industrial sewing machine servo motor and controller. Similar to this https://www.ebay.com/itm/155964286839 -- Bruce

Motorized exercise equipment is one of my favorite things to go curbmart shopping for on bulk trash pickup day! In addition to the electrical goodies, there's usually a fair amount of structural