On Sat, 21 May 2005 15:35:28 -0400, Al A.
wrote:
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Any idea what would be an appropriate sized motor for this lathe? My
old Taiwan Jet 10" has a 1.5HP, but those are chinese horsepower. Any
other advice with respect to getting this back to full operation? Does
one "flush out" bearings (I'm not exactly sure what I mean by that)
before running an old machine like this? Any other thoughts?
Thanks,
AL
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I have not had occasion to this, but the use of a variable speed
DC treadmill motor appears to have much to recommend it. The
motors are high speed so these can [must] be geared down which
will provide more than adequate torque at usable speeds, and
extra slow speeds should be a big help in threading.

See:
http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.as...-1906&catname=
for sample motor and

http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.as...-2449&catname=
and
http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.as...-2434&catname=
for some controllers

SurplusCenter also has a smaller/lower speed motot
See
http://www.surpluscenter.com/item.as...-2189&catname=