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Head stock is now on so might have to buy my motor soon

No updates lately as i`ve been busy and not been able to work on the lathe. Hopefully i will resume shortly.

Launceston is local to me but cant help you i`m afraid

Bit more assembly today and coming on nicely

Been on here a short while and dont think i actually said hello so thought i should put that right.

Seems like a great site with lots of helpful info.

Hello everyone

Cheers for the comments guy`s

The main table frame is large angle steel and there is a plywood top and bottom shelf. Then there is a steel drip tray fixed to the top which the lathe bed is mounted to. The vertical support i believe was for a drainage container to be fixed to as there is a drain point in the bottom right hand corner.

Overall its very solid and weighs an absolute ton.

Bit more progress today and well pleased with how its going

Here`s WIP

here`s a before

Edited By Paul Langford on 12/01/2017 23:04:18

Thanks for the reply`s guys.

Dont think the original motor is worth getting new capacitors for as it looks well passed its sell by date with the insulation on the wiring all disintegrating.

It has 4 capacitors 30 MFD in parallel and they all say start on them so either they are wrong and thats why they have blown or they add up to 120mfd as a run capacitor and it has windings for the start.

either way it looks so bad i just didnt want to waste any money on trying to get it going when the windings themselves may well have failed on the insulation and thats why the capacitors blew.

Seems a new motor would be a more cost effective way to go forward.

Edited By Paul Langford on 07/01/2017 22:39:59

Hello guys i am new on the forum as i have aquired a denham junior MK2 (keighley lifts) lathe and i`m currently in the process of cleaning it up and getting it ready to run.

It has a 1hp single phase motor and all the capacitors are blown so a new motor will be required. Do you think a replacement 1HP motor will be ok as i doubt if the motor that is on it is original even though its very old.

Also is there any chance of a copy of a manual if someone has one.

Many thanks

Paul