Quote Originally Posted by gawdelpus View Post
Mik ! not sure how much a replacement motor is for the Woodfast ,but I converted mine to a VSD from PSI a few years back and I think the cost was around $200 including shipping and buying a small step down transformer off E Bay ,for pen turning where speed changes are a neccesity, from turning sanding polishing ,doing it on the fly is a big advantage , the kit came with switches and controller and the mounting plate . May not be of much use to you now with the vicmark hehe, but don't write off the little Yellow monster totally Neil (dai sensei ) did the same thing and his little monster is now touring Australia as a demo machine, not the machine ,but Neils skills on show hehe. And I agree with the amount of work and time you should be proud of that pen and its almost impossible to get it's true value if sold, far better to enjoy it yourself hehe. Cheers ~ John
i will probably store it under the bench for a while, my thoughts were towards making it into a buffing system, but the cloth wheel on one end of the bench grinder is doing that at the minute, i will keep it for a rainy day i think

MIK