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Member postings for Eamonn Evans

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Thread: Lathe motor
27/05/2020 18:16:08

I am a complete newbie never having used a lathe before. I recently purchased a used Cowells lathe on eBay. It came with a motor fitted the wrong way round and runs too fast.

I have also just liberated a Kenwood Chef 375W motor complete with its speed controller which I would like to use to run the little lathe. Colin at Cowells tells me his motors are only 90W so 375W is plenty.

The currently fitted motor shaft is too large to fit the required 20mm pulley without a countershaft and of course I can't make this easily without a lathe! Also this motor has a centrifugal clutch so I am told that you shouldn't mess with the speed.

Can anyone tell me if it possible to reverse the Kenwood motor? I have bought Jim Cox's book but I am unsure.

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