Small vintage lathes

[chaterlea25]

Hi All,
Those old motors can usually be resurrected but it can take some ingenuity
You can buy a starting relay that does away with the centrifugal sw fairly cheaply
Some of the motors did not have a capacitor (forget the name now)
I have never found a washing machine motor that had a suitable speed for what I needed at the time
GB,  Put a wanted ad in " https://www.homeworkshop.org.uk/ " for a secondhand motor

Small 3 phase motors are very cheap secondhand as most home users want single phase
I think GB could go this way for £150-200 all in including the inverter ??

As to my machinery, I have the Harrison lathe for sale as I have "retired  "
I need the space for our MGB
John

[Greybeard]

Rex, That GB knows more about the vagaries of electrics than most. No probs. Just a walk in the park sorting 10 contacts?

 Swarfy.

No 😕

[Greybeard]

Allo John, gotta a new mota?

[RichardL]

Allo John, Gotta a new mota?

Translation, please.

[Triton Thrasher]

Allo John, Gotta a new mota?

Translation, please.

Well, you asked…

https://youtu.be/7MqMZ6XqMfc

[RichardL]

Eeeeeyeah. I wasn't going to guess that.

Richard L.

[Greybeard]

Eeeeeyeah. I wasn't going to guess that.

Richard L.

I thought of you when I posted that. 🤔

[Rex]

I'm assuming the humungous top connection box also contains the capacitors?  Given the size of that box you might have to move it and put the capacitors somewhere else out the way?

[Greybeard]

I've moved the mounting feet 90° around the motor. This means the connection box will be on top when the motor is mounted on the layshaft frame so the humungus connection box is not a problem.
I took a couple of photos of the connection box removed to show that the two capacitors could be mounted elsewhere.

[RichardL]

Just some lathe amusement. Started the polishing process on the aluminum front hub from my '57 A7. Wish I'd thought about photos before the first little bit of 36-grit paper ao I could have showm how nasty it was by the center. The cleaned-up version is only at 60 grit, plus some files, so, a long way to go. The center in the tailstock is really just for safety in case the chuck lets go of the not-quite-cylindical bearing housung. Didn't try hard to find perfect center just for refinishing.

Following the pictures I posted a while back of my front hub chucked up in my lathe, here's the finished polishing job.  Not perfect, but pretty good, I think, and as good as I'm going to try to get it. I'm not building for a museum or Concours de Elegance. Through the magic of a high-resolution photo that's been reduced for posting, the flaws that are acceptable to me are revealed. As long as it doesn't make anyone hurl I think I'll be OK.

Richard L.

[Greybeard]

Wow Richard, that looks great!

[muskrat]

Gd'ay Richard.
Good job mate. Mine looked like that 30 years ago 
Cheers

[Greybeard]

Updates:
New motor fitted to layshaft frame.
Worktop braced underneath for better rigidity.
Wiring done properly: Double pole 30amp pull-cord switch in supply to lathe. This is for safety as I do not want grandchildren pressing the pretty coloured buttons that are at face height!
NVR switch, to release the power button on a power cut. This prevents the lathe starting up on reconnection of the power when user may not be present.
Rotary switch simulates hard links inside the lathe connection box to set the direction of the motor. Power has to be off before direction is changed.

I am happy 😺

Video here:
https://youtu.be/RZXDtGYvxxA

[groily]

Very happy for you too GB. I think you've done wonders in very short order. It looks great.
Now you can play with it on even the flimsiest pretext, and think about some of the things you've raised concerning the ergonomics as you go along . . .  but above all get a thrill out of all the useful things you can now do that you couldn't before.
Enjoy!

[muskrat]

G'day GD.
Great work mate.
Now all you need is https://tinyurl.com/y9fzqfmd 
Cheers