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8th August 2019, 11:00 PM #1Most Valued Member
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looking for ideas on lathe overhead belting conversion
G'Day,
I've got an old Southbend I've started restoring - overhead belt was the original design, hard to change that with the castings the way they are.
I'm looking for a few ideas on suitable designs for the overhead conversion - belt tensioning/ alignment, unloaders, and motor mounts. I figure I can't be the only person who's had to do this, and I'm one of those people who looks at other people's designs, let them all mull around in the grey matter for a while, then spit out a design to start with.
I am looking at probably 600mm of distance between the top of the spindle, and the top of the countershaft.. the lathe sits under a mezzanine.
My current motors are 3ph antique, variable speed DC treadmill conversion, and I'm sure I could scare up a single phase option easy enough.
Google has given me a few leads on designs, but not a lot of detail, and certainly little information in the alignment design.
anyone got any tips or photos they want to share?
thanks,
Des
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