" I's had enough and enough is too much!"

**DaveTTC** · 1st July 2013, 08:12 PM

Originally Posted by turnerted

Anyone know if there are any "after market" moveable control units around that I could fit to my Vicmarc ?All I would need is stop and start buttons and forward/reverse switch . Probably don't even need the forward/reverse as part of the control unit as I'm not going to change that while the lathe is running.
It has always concerned me that I would have to pass through the line of fire to get to the switch when outboard turning if anything went wrong although I could just pull the plug out.
Ted

Aldi just recently had remote switches and foot controls on sale. The foot control is probably the best as you obviously don't need your hands. You can lean out of harms way if need be and still turn it off. You just plug your lathe into the control and control into the power point.

**NeilS** · 1st July 2013, 08:13 PM

Here we are Remote for Vicmarc

PS - I'm also a "a sook, woosy and a sissy"...

**Kidbee** · 1st July 2013, 08:57 PM

Safety is paramount. Had a friend with a dent in the front of his skull from a flying bowl. Scarred for life. He was a beginner with a "bull at a gate" attitude.

**RETIRED** · 1st July 2013, 10:46 PM

Originally Posted by NeilS

Here we are Remote for Vicmarc

PS - I'm also a "a sook, woosy and a sissy"...

Self preservation has always been high on my list of priorities as well.

**robo hippy** · 2nd July 2013, 12:09 PM

,
I do remember your safety videos, I can't remember if I commented, but they are great, especially for beginners. I really need to come down there some day to play.... Fishing was great, I figure camp food was worth about a pound a day. Went to NW Ontario Canada to a conservation lake with my 90 year old dad, some brothers and others. Hang out, fish, and be disgusting guys for 5 days. Now, back to the real world.

robo hippy

**RETIRED** · 2nd July 2013, 01:08 PM

Thanks Reed. Sometimes it is nice to let the animal in us loose.

**turnerted** · 2nd July 2013, 05:49 PM

Thanks for the link to remote controls.The Vicmarc unit looks like it is designed for use with EVS and would be a bit overkill for my lathe as I have mechanical variable speed .I'd better have a chat with my electrician mate.
Ted

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