I have updated the page on the articulated hollowing tool and added a page
for making a foot switch.

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God bless and safe turning
Darrell Feltmate
Truro, NS Canada
www.aroundthewoods.com

Foot switch? I'd have to wire it as a three-way or I'd never be able to
turn the lathe off after losing it when the roughing spirit is on me.

Where'd you find a rocker rated for a 1 HP motor?

"Darrell Feltmate" wrote in message
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I have updated the page on the articulated hollowing tool and added a page
for making a foot switch.

George
I understand the problem. When roughing the shavings do pile gigh, do they
not? However, the lathe is plugged into the switch box so either the foot
switch or the lathe switch turns off the lathe. No problem shutting down
until the switch is dug out. I find a snow shovel to be a basic cleaning
tool :-) The rocker switch is just a standard switch from the hardware store
(Canadian Tire). It reads 15 amps at either 115 or 227 volts so that should
handle a horsepower or so without any trouble.

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God bless and safe turning
Darrell Feltmate
Truro, NS Canada
www.aroundthewoods.com

"Darrell Feltmate" wrote in message
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George
I understand the problem. When roughing the shavings do pile gigh, do they
not? However, the lathe is plugged into the switch box so either the foot
switch or the lathe switch turns off the lathe. No problem shutting down
until the switch is dug out. I find a snow shovel to be a basic cleaning
tool :-) The rocker switch is just a standard switch from the hardware
store
(Canadian Tire). It reads 15 amps at either 115 or 227 volts so that
should
handle a horsepower or so without any trouble.

Keep your eye on the switch. The amperage draw on startup is the reason
switches for motors have sturdier contacts. Might anticipate shorter life,
even though there's not a great amount of startup resistance in a lathe.

I've got a perfectly good way of keeping the area around the lathe clean,
but when the spirit moves me, I sometimes move it to tweak something, and
don't put it back.
http://personalpages.tds.net/~upgeor...ugh%20Page.htm

George
With the price of the switch and its easy replacement i just figured on
going for it. If I can find an industrial quality rocker switch somewhere in
the future, I may change it, but likely not. I like your method of
collecting rough out shavings, I have one just like it in the shop. Still,
it seems a snow shovel makes a great cleaning tool :-)

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God bless and safe turning
Darrell Feltmate
Truro, NS Canada
www.aroundthewoods.com