"BobMac" wrote in message
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Me steps in and raises hat, bowing slightly to all present.

I am a long time mostly-lurker here, who has come up with a question for
the great minds here assembled:

I am working on a design for a home-made lathe. Powering it has become a
serious design-decision milestone. (i.e. I don't have a clue how I'm going
to do it.)

I notice that most fractional-horsepower motors cost about $100. I've
recently notice that a cheap bench grinder costs perhaps half that. If I
put a pulley on a bench grinder and use the grinder to power the lathe, am
I doing something very clever, or very dumb?

Used lathes, with tools, go for about $70. Why would you want to build one.