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Lowering Lathe Speeds With A Rheostadt. OK idea? Bad idea?
I had an earlier thread asking about a Jet wood lathe, and one of the
things that people get concerned about is that some lathes do not have a slow speed that is as slow as they would like it. Turners doing outboard stuff seem to prefer to be able to get down to speeds in the 300's. The lathe I'm looking at has a bottom speed of about 550. Question: If I put a variable resistor in line with the motor to cut the voltage when I need a low speed, would that do the trick or would that be bad for the motor? |
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