Hi Rich, Welcome to a great hobby and a worldwide friendly and helpful
ng.

I agree with Bill about using discarded fractional HP appliance motors
for smaller lathes. Also they can be used to drive flex shafts and by
adding cheap arbors and/or jacobs chucks or by driving polishing heads
they make cheap and useful grinders, disc sanders, buffers, horizontal
drills etc. Heating and cooling contractors are another source for free
motors. I prefer motors from discarded squirrel cage fans because the
frames are better suited for most turning shop purposes, are easily
reversed and both 110 and 220 volt types are available.

Have fun and be sure to join in and share your turning life with us. We
can use your fresh perspectives.


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