I have been lurking for several years and have cast the gingery bed in aluminium but then stalled. Have cast a few other objects as I
needed them but have always wanted to play with a lathe since taking a metal working class at school back in the 1970's.
I just lucked out and ended up with a Harrison 300 metal lathe which has a 3-phase 575volt 3Hp motor driving the spindle. I need to convert to a single phase motor. A 3hp motor with the same frame size will cost about $600.00 but I found a 2hp motor for about half that. The question is-Will a 2 Hp motor give an adequate level of performance for home/ hobby use considering that the lathe has a spindle gear range of about 48rpm up to 2400rpm? The lathe is a 61/2inch (13 inch) by 24 inch size.
I have absolutely no experience running a lathe but I suspect the smaller motor will work but will limit the size of cut I can take. Is that correct?
Thanks for any input.
Cliff Swan
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gingery_machines/app/peoplemap/view/map
No comments:
Post a Comment