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You guys are a bad influence

YYCHobbyMachinist said:
Hey David,

Where are you at with regard to getting her up and running?

Craig
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I need to figure out a power supply, switch, and motor, as well as a base or chip tray so the belts could be adjusted. Also finding the proper belts

Basically, nowhere close to even turning the lathe on
 
How wide would you think the chip tray would need to be? I have a motor for you and the base - we can add a chip tray easy and slap on a few support welds for a motor mount. - might not be until the new year though- LOL.
 
Brent H said:
How wide would you think the chip tray would need to be? I have a motor for you and the base - we can add a chip tray easy and slap on a few support welds for a motor mount. - might not be until the new year though- LOL.
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I think I measured the plywood it’s on at 24”? Although we could shorten up the adjuster to narrow it up
It’s hard to tell which one of us is home less than the other guy, I’m just getting back from a Texas run, I haven’t seen the shop in two weeks lol
Sounds like I should throw the whole mess in the truck and book a hotel room for a couple days in the new year
 
Hahaha! I am sure we can set a build project up! Maybe a couple other folks for a meet up/ lathe intervention convention!

i will ask my buddy if he has any sheet stainless that would be 24” or better wide - you may end up with the prettiest chip tray on the planet!!
 
I think I can cover you on that!

I am home on the 22 nd and will be getting a few jobs cleaned up. Send me the exact centers for the feet on your lathe. I have some welding projects for a few folks when I am back so I can modify the stand for you and have it set for you to bolt your lathe on. If you have a location for the belt drive assembly I am sure I can rig something for that as well. I believe that David_R8 just received a similar lathe - maybe he can add some foot print dimensions you can work from?
 
Brent H said:
I think I can cover you on that!

I am home on the 22 nd and will be getting a few jobs cleaned up. Send me the exact centers for the feet on your lathe. I have some welding projects for a few folks when I am back so I can modify the stand for you and have it set for you to bolt your lathe on. If you have a location for the belt drive assembly I am sure I can rig something for that as well. I believe that David_R8 just received a similar lathe - maybe he can add some foot print dimensions you can work from?
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Does that make sense?

The plywood it’s on now measures 24” wide, and it’s taking up 48” of length.

The lathe sits on two main pads, that measure 5”x7”. The holes are spaced 6” apart centre to centre.

The front holes can be 1-2” to the centre from the edge of the plywood, they are roughly 1” now and the handles all have plenty of room.

They measure 33 1/4” centre to centre apart. If you centred the first one 4” in from the RH side it would fit the footprint well. Then the second one 37 1/4” from the right

The motor and countershaft only takes up 14” of length, so the pan could be made in an L shape, or it could be a rectangle too, I think either way would be fine

Let me know if any of that is confusing
 
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It looks like you could likely shrink this up to 4”. The turnbuckle would have to be shortened and shorter belts too.

So before I measure up a bunch on where it is now- should I/we try to make this a little more compact?
 
Hey Dave,

Looks like we can make a pan that is a bit smaller or like an L. I will see if I can find a foot print drawing of the original set up. It may be advantageous to shrink up the belt distance, although, the turnbuckle, if original, might not be something you want/need to modify.

Your drawing sheet is perfectly fine - I will chuck it into cad and post it back for your approval :)
 
I should have enough to make the pan for Dave ......but....where are you located in case we have a failure :)
 
For the tail stock - I don't know if you can source them locally but Amazon has 0522 Gits oilers for $4.56 each. The oil hole looks pretty gummed up, this would be a good add on.
 
Hey Craig,

It would be up to Dave - not sure on his space restrictions. Seems like a nice simple stand. I am on the Ship until Mid March and it sounds like Dave may never get home - hahahaha

I just can't believe the guy is pitching it if not sold - looks like more than $20 worth of steel! If anyone on the forum was close to St. Catherines and Dave wanted it - might be an option???
 
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