Let the chips fall where they may

[Bart Leetch]

Been doin a little turning gouge work lots of funa couple of pics more later.

Seems a sharp tool & proper presentation is whats needed. Been following Bill Grumbine's DVD.

 

[MichaelMouse]

Been doin a little turning gouge work lots of funa couple of pics more later.

Seems a sharp tool & proper presentation is whats needed. Been following Bill Grumbine's DVD.

As Frank Pain says, "the wood will teach you." It's shavings, not chips or dust that you want. As you have no doubt discovered, it's even easier on you and the lathe when your shavings fall rather than fly. Did you resolve your issue with the motor rotation?

 

[Bart Leetch]

Did you resolve your issue with the motor rotation?

No but I will in the future I printed Bill's article out, you'll note the motor sets to the left of the lathe & not behind or under it. I wouldn't delve into this by my self but will get the help of a friend that is a newly retired appliance repair man to help with the conversion or maybe just wait until I get a new Grizzly G0698 18x47 lathe. Hopefully before the end of the year. I am saving up the cash.

 

[MichaelMouse]

No but I will in the future I printed Bill's article out, you'll note the motor sets to the left of the lathe & not behind or under it. I wouldn't delve into this by my self but will get the help of a friend that is a newly retired appliance repair man to help with the conversion or maybe just wait until I get a new Grizzly G0698 18x47 lathe. Hopefully before the end of the year. I am saving up the cash.

Well, if there're no instructions for reversing under that capacitor cover, you might have to fall back on what I did when I got a larger motor for my open stand Delta bandsaw. The position of the capacitor compartment interfered with opening the door to access the blade. I was obliged to reverse the armature in the case to get clearance. Of course that made the rotation wrong, but the instructions were there, and I reversed it.

 

[loberg]

Try turning the motor around the other way. You will have to mount it differently, maybe with a longer belt. My old Sears has the motor mounted opposite of yours and it does well. Good luck.

 

[Bill Boehme]

Well, if there're no instructions for reversing under that capacitor cover, you might have to fall back on what I did when I got a larger motor for my open stand Delta bandsaw. The position of the capacitor compartment interfered with opening the door to access the blade. I was obliged to reverse the armature in the case to get clearance. Of course that made the rotation wrong, but the instructions were there, and I reversed it.

I take it that your bandsaw motor did not have a centrifugal switch and that the capacitor served both as a start and run capacitor. Most ODP motors used for HVAC blowers are of that type.

 

[Odie]

Been doin a little turning gouge work lots of funa couple of pics more later.

Seems a sharp tool & proper presentation is whats needed. Been following Bill Grumbine's DVD.

Glad to see you are having some fun, Bart.......:cool2:

Thought I might mention this......... I was looking at your pics, and it occurred to me that your electrical outlets are positioned right where your body is apt to be while you are turning.

If it's mounted like I think it is, it would be real easy to re-install it out of the way elsewhere.......😀

ooc

 

[MichaelMouse]

I take it that your bandsaw motor did not have a centrifugal switch and that the capacitor served both as a start and run capacitor. Most ODP motors used for HVAC blowers are of that type.

Has and no. Standard Baldor machine motor. Capacitor start, induction run. I don't think I've seen split phase on anything bigger than a benchtop.

 

[Bart Leetch]

Glad to see you are having some fun, Bart.......:cool2:

Thought I might mention this......... I was looking at your pics, and it occurred to me that your electrical outlets are positioned right where your body is apt to be while you are turning.

If it's mounted like I think it is, it would be real easy to re-install it out of the way elsewhere.......😀

ooc

The room the shop is in isn't mine it belongs to the apt.complex we manage it took me several years to get the electrical put in so it stays where it is & it doesn't bother me being where it is.

Or were you talking about the plug strip on the front of the lathe bench? If so is has worked out fine.

 

[Roger Chandler]

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No but I will in the future I printed Bill's article out, you'll note the motor sets to the left of the lathe & not behind or under it. I wouldn't delve into this by my self but will get the help of a friend that is a newly retired appliance repair man to help with the conversion or maybe just wait until I get a new Grizzly G0698 18x47 lathe. Hopefully before the end of the year. I am saving up the cash.

Hi Bart,

I noticed your reference to the Grizzly 18x47 and I hope that you will give this a honest look. I purchased it, and so far I am happy with the performance and features, and for this much lathe who can argue with the "introductory price" that I heard from another poster that Grizzly was going to do a price increase when the 2011 catalog comes out. Best of luck!

 

[Bart Leetch]

Hi Bart,

I noticed your reference to the Grizzly 18x47 and I hope that you will give this a honest look. I purchased it, and so far I am happy with the performance and features, and for this much lathe who can argue with the "introductory price" that I heard from another poster that Grizzly was going to do a price increase when the 2011 catalog comes out. Best of luck!

Roger;

I have a couple of Grizzly's tools G1019 Band-saw,
g1014Z Combo sander, G1017 portable planer, G1029 DC, G7946 Radial Drill-press & a bench grinder.🙂:😀 "Ya think" Leroy Jethro Gibbs😉😱

 

[Bill Boehme]

Has and no. Standard Baldor machine motor. Capacitor start, induction run. I don't think I've seen split phase on anything bigger than a benchtop.

My reason for the statement about not having a centrifugal switch is that most motors do not have a large enough opening to feed wires from one side to the other -- of course there is always the option of bringing them outside and then drilling a new hole to feed them back in. It could be that your particular motor had enough internal "crawl space" to accomplish this.