metal lathe?? Is it useful for saw work?

[Lakeside53]

How cheap is cheap?

$150... this is not just a hacked togther 3 phase motor and some caps - it's a purpose-built converter. I don't need it any more - I have vfd's on everything..

 

[Urbicide]

Electrical tidbit factoid: A 3-phase electric motor is 50% more effecient than a comparably sized single-phase motor. (Uses less electricity.) opcorn:

 

[timberwolf]

Here is a mini grinder holder I made up tonight.

Took a couple hours to get it bored out an milled to shape, but should work well for putting final dimentions on things.

 

[parrisw]

$850 for a broken down oddball? na... much better to spend more on a complete lathe you can get parts for - it will be much cheaper..


there's a 10 inch a logan on seattle CL today.....

Thanks Lake I was thinking just that. The guys says it all works but the feed. But anyway, I will pass on it. I saw that 10" but, a little far away from me. I would have to take a ferry, then worry about customs then back and on the ferry again. A day trip for a lathe??? Naaaaa. I'll keep on the lookout around here.

 

[Lakeside53]

Here is a mini grinder holder I made up tonight.

Took a couple hours to get it bored out an milled to shape, but should work well for putting final dimentions on things.

Nice....


I got a great deal (like $300...) on a Dumore 44 Tool post grinder.... like new...

 

[Stihl 041S]

Here is a mini grinder holder I made up tonight.

Took a couple hours to get it bored out an milled to shape, but should work well for putting final dimentions on things.

What? No engine turning, to dress it up??
Looks really nice.
Nice work.

 

[Sawyer Rob]

Here's my 12x30 Turnmaster...

I had a customer friend trade it to me for harvesting and sawmilling some logs for him..

I run it with a 7.5 hp rotary phase converter, and it works very good!

Also, the RPC allows me to pick up cheap 3 phase motors and use them for other things...

If you buy a RPC, don't buy one too small!! If you do, you will out grow it very fast!

Rob

 

[foxeye]

I have been running my BP mill and my lathes and my sand muller and a few other machines all on RPC power for over 15 years now and have yet to have a problem. I may ponly have a 3 hp RPC but each other machine that it is powering adds to the toal hp that is runable by the RPC so it just multiplies so what started off as a 3 hp to run my most often used items (Lathe and mill) it does it very efficieintly. If I need to run a few batches of sand though my muller (5hp) I fire up the BP mill or lathe and that gives me sufficient power to run my muller. If anyone is interested I have plans for a good RPC built on a 3 hp motor, nbut its easy to upsize it in regards to start and run caps to kick off the idler motor to make it larger. I used a 3 hp as its what I had laying around when the need arose for a converter, and its never left me down in all these years.