Well Bill, the $12 capacitor was actually due to incredibly lucky
coincidence. the first shop I went to said they would Charge me $100
initial bench charge plus parts, I thought that was a bit steep so I drove
around the corner to another shop. When I went into the shop the person a
the counter was an old school buddy that I hadn't seen in over 30 years. He
invited me into the back of his shop & we reminisced about the old days
while he worked on the motor. We had lots of laughs. Needless to say this
guy has my business from this day forward.


"Bill Noble" wrote in message
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well, it looks like I was mislead by cluess copy writers again - Reeves
drive is the key - of course it is a single speed motor, the fact that the
copy in the link says "vairable speed induction motor" is just proof that
those who write these things are even more clueless

it's rare for a capacitor to go out in the first few years of opeation -
but if they charged you only $12, I'd say you live in an area where there
are honest shops who have not yet adopted the "rip off the customer"
mantra since a capacitor alone would cost around that much.

a motor with a bad capacitor has a particular sound and acts a particular
way - now that you have heard/experienced it on your machine you will
recognize it the next time it happens, should there be a next time.


"BiffNightly" heffddathotmaildotcom wrote in message
el...
Thanx for the response Bill. I don't know a heck of a lot about electric
motors, but I can tell you that it is not a two speed motor. I actually
took the headstock into the local repair shop & they took a look at it &
changed the start capacitor for me($12.00) & it seems to be working just
fine again.

If you are the curious type of person & want to learn more about this
"odd looking lathe" a have attached a link to a page on Darrell
Feltmate's site that covers maintenance etc. on this type of lathe.

http://www.aroundthewoods.com/lathemaintenance.html

Thanx again for your help. It's guys like you that keep me reading this
newsgroup almost every morning.


"Bill Noble" wrote in message
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well, that certainly is an odd looking lathe. The link says it has a
"vairable speed induction motor" - that could mean a two speed motor or
it could mean a 3 phase motor with a variable frequency drive - can you
tell us which one it is?



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