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Stub Mandrel22/11/2011 20:58:26
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Hi AES,
 
Finances dictate it will be the new year for a 3-opahse motor, but I think I'd raher go down that route and have something I can expect to last a few decades, rather than a few years. The mini lathe is quite capable of decent cuts and big workpieces that the motor, in all honesty, is not up to handling.
 
In the short term I've made a countershaft which will let me use the old hoover fractional (see above). All I need to do is bodge up a pair of pulleys now:
 
 
 
OK it looks a bit rough , but I'm in a hurry! Luckily my Mill is OK so I tidied up some edges on a couple of bits of thick checker plate and bored out some housings. I have to cut a keyway for the toothed wheel.
 
Unfortunately without the lathe I had to drill out the wheel so it wobble a bit, but once the lathe is working I can make some proper pulleys and a replacement toothed wheel.
 
When I get a 3 phase motor, it can be a drop in replacement for the single phase one.
 
Neil

Richard Parsons23/11/2011 06:00:57
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Stub seriously now you are at it. I suspect that there is a Moped fixer near you. Pay them a visit and see if they have a wrecked ‘Twist and Go’. They do this. You could probably modify it.


Another idea is have a look for an old Sturmy Archer 3 speed. The My Dad once fitted one to drive a 3 ½” Xyto lathe which he carried in the back of an old Dormobile. It was driven by I think a JAP stationary engine. The Min of Ag & Fish were so impressed that he was given a ‘priority allocation ticket’ to buy an arc welder (it only took 5 months to be delivered). They were all wanted for the Ground Nut Scheme.

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