motor for finishing lathe

[Trent]

i just picked up a wood lathe im going to use for finishing cues i need it to rotate slow for putting finishes on and be able to go fast enough to sand and buff on. the motor now doesnt go slow enough by any means, any recomendations would be great thanks.

 

[macguy]

i just picked up a wood lathe im going to use for finishing cues i need it to rotate slow for putting finishes on and be able to go fast enough to sand and buff on. the motor now doesnt go slow enough by any means, any recomendations would be great thanks.

Without seeing your lathe, you may be able to add a second VS motor and a belt drive. It may take a little rigging but should be pretty easy.

 

[Eric Wynne]

DC motor vith speed control ...

 

[river]

dc motor with control

I also added a reversing switch. works great.

http://www.pennstateind.com/store/TCLVSKIT.html?mybuyscid=8596869216

 

[Trent]

picture of lathe

heres a pic of the lathe

 

[macguy]

heres a pic of the lathe

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Thats perfect. You can mount a second small motor right in front on the main motor and put the belt to the motor pulley. You can use something like a sewing machine motor. The whole deal will cost you almost nothing and not take a hour to hook up.

 

[poolcuemaster]

Hey River I'm looking at one of those motors from pennstate and you talked about a reversing switch, can you show me a simple diagram of the wiring when adding the switch please.--Leonard

 

[Trent]

do you have a suggestion as to which sewing machine motor??

 

[GBCues]

QUOTE=poolcuemaster;2270893]Hey River I'm looking at one of those motors from pennstate and you talked about a reversing switch, can you show me a simple diagram of the wiring when adding the switch please.--Leonard[/QUOTE]

Hi Leonard,

I'm not River, but I've done this recently. You need a Double Pole, Double Throw switch (DPDT switch from Radio Shack) and you wire it in like this:

Hope this helps,

Gary

 

[macguy]

do you have a suggestion as to which sewing machine motor??

Most any would be fine. You are just looking to turn the cue and nothing very fancy is needed. with the use of a rheostat you can control the speed as well as combining it with the various belt speeds you get from the main motor to the lathe. Ideally is to set the belt on the main motor to the slowest speed on the pulleys. This lets you get the most torque out of the second motor. Motors when you slow them down with a rheostat tend lose torque. This set up also will work well as a wrapping lathe. You can make a clutch out of some delrin sort of like the drag on a fishing reel for wrapping and get nice wraps with little effort.

 

[macguy]

do you have a suggestion as to which sewing machine motor??

Most any would be fine. You are just looking to turn the cue and nothing very fancy is needed. with the use of a rheostat you can control the speed as well as combining it with the various belt speeds you get from the main motor to the lathe. Ideally is to set the belt on the main motor to the slowest speed on the pulleys. This lets you get the most torque out of the second motor. Motors when you slow them down with a rheostat tend lose torque. The set up also will work well as a wrapping lathe. You can make a clutch out of some delrin sort of like the drag on a fishing reel for wrapping and get nice wraps with little effort. It is nice when you can make a machine more universal when you have limited equipment and space.