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Hello all, I’ve had to replace the bushes on my wm180 motor as they were shot, I was doing some steady work on aluminium bar yesterday then tried drilling a hole and I think the 10amp fuse has blown well that is what I’m hoping, I wasn’t pushing the lathe hard and was using a sharp 6mm carbide drill bit with cutting oil, I’ve fitted a cooling fan to the back of the motor to permanently run so thinking the motor is terminal. Is there any better options of simple swapping of motors for me to consider to give a more robust platform without breaking the bank.
kind Rgds

Jon hill 3 thank you for advising on the books I’ve purchased both of them on Amazon,

Andy carruthers looked on eBay for some brass blanks can’t get over how expensive they are, think I’ll be going with aluminium lol.

thanks again for all your post.

Andy what size brass blanks did you buy / use for the handles.

Thank you for your replies.

Hello all. Please could you share with me some of your valuable knowledge on this skill, I’ve had a warco 180 delivered and totally new to this, have been watching you tube vids and thought I’d try to make brass handles for the lathe as a start project.

Could someone advise what lathe knurling tool I need to buy as there is so many and ones with more wheels than some

I appreciate you taking the time to help a newcomer to this skill set

kind Rgds

dale