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Thread: looking at a midi lathe
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5th July 2014, 04:34 PM #16
Ive been reading up on the comet 2. It looks really good. The price and reverse spindle with variable speed. Huge amount of accessories available looks pretty good. Wonder where they are made?
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5th July 2014, 05:36 PM #18
I am making an assumption that your questions were being asked of me.
I had to bore two new holes in the motor mount plate to suit the new motor, The drive pulley slipped off the old motor and fitted perfectly onto the new motor. You will need to build a bracket for the switch gear. That will depend on if you want the switch on the lathe or on the bench. The conversion was simple with a little bit of thought.
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5th July 2014, 05:42 PM #19
Woops yes sorry that was for you Jim. Thanks for the answer. Where did you buy your conversion kit?
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5th July 2014, 06:05 PM #20
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5th July 2014, 08:32 PM #21
If you are going to buy a VS lathe, make sure you look closely at the speed ranges to make sure the range is wide enough to suit what you want to do. Otherwise you will be changing belt speeds more often than you had hoped for.
While an AC motor with a VFD will give you a very wide useable speed range, at least one of the lathes I looked at with a VS DC motor had quite narrow speed ranges.Brad.
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