speed

Not only can you make yourself a new lathe but you can have it as a variable speed as well :whistling: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeZcLfWv5KE

My Charnwood W815 gave up the ghost yesterday, started intermittently slowing down then stopped completely. At 17.30 in the evening sent an email to them. by 10.30 this morning I'd had a phone call from Dave their technical man, result is that I've removed the motor & variable speed control &...

I turned a Celtic twist pen today using callipers to size it as I did not have the bushes for it. I actually like the turn, size is spot on. My problem is with the lathe, I had it on the highest speed with the 5 pulleys and I noticed that one side, on one end of the blank, sticks out. When you...

I had a "proper" look at my lathe today and see it has 5 pullies (top & bottom). My belt is on the 3rd pulley. I know by moving the belt to a different pulley will alter the speed. I have 3 questions related to that. 1) Which way do I change the belt on the pulley to to speed it up and to slow...

Recently I have had a motor fail on my bandsaw. Its an SIP 14" which isn't that old and everything is working well apart from the motor. It has two speed via the belt change, I tend to use it on the high speed most of the time, however when I do change to low speed it always seems too slow for...

Curious to understand what speed range people here use to turn pens. I work between 550 for roughing out a blank up to 1750 for sanding and friction polish. Just wondering whether it would be worth changing the belt and moving to a higher speed range.

Hi All, I purchased last year a second hand, hardly used , record power dml 24x mk1 (the blue one) lathe. It runs but as soon as I present the cutting tool to wood it stalls, motor hums, replaced capacitor and tighter belt, to no avail and now vibration . My plan for the new year is total...

Hi ,I've just bought a New lathe with variable speed and was wondering what the ideal speed was for drilling wood and acrylic, Thanks

I am thinking of changing my Mini Lathe which is a Axminster AWVSL ( 700241 ) Although it is quite good I find the draw back is that if you have to replace the drive belt it is a major operation and also although it is variable speed you have to manually change the positions of the belt. Is...

Hi I haven't done much turning with bowls I have a piece of spalted beech which I am trying to turn I made sure I had sharp tools before I started and had the speed about 900rpm to turn it round (was cut on bandsaw to a rough round) but all I keep getting are nasty catches I tried it on a...

I am still casting like crazy, and what I get are some good looking blanks, I did ruin one when turning but I will keep on. You do have to be careful about chipping, but high speed and sharpness should get you through. Yes James, I did use My proedge, get one. :thumbs: