At it again!

[kwgeorge]

Well I am at it again! I need to turn a piece that will be rather thin but will be about 15” across. It seems as though the new motor was considerably longer than the old one and restricted the size I could turn outboard.

So on my quest to better my lathe I built and welded a new motor mounting bracket and reversed the motor. As you can see here I have also added a link belt and real pulleys. I built the bracket very solid and have no real vibration.

http://www.theturnersshop.com/temp/0...4/DSCF0043.jpg

Now I can rotate the head and do what I need to do.

http://www.theturnersshop.com/temp/0...4/DSCF0044.jpg

I still have to build belt covers and covers for the miscellaneous holes left from removing different things from the lathe.

http://www.theturnersshop.com/temp/0...4/DSCF0045.jpg

The next modification is a hand wheel for the external spindle shaft. I am really starting to get happy with this lathe but I think I messed up my warranty!

[GeekMom]

Messed up the warranty?? Sounds like you rebuilt an entirely different machine!

[mudder]

Nice work Ken,

I'm glad you were able to find a solution th your problem.


Scott

[sdmaker]

Dang ken, next time are you gonna cast your own bed too? hehe.
Its really looking good, when its all done you should have a chat with the guys that designed it in the first place. Maybe then us lazy guys could get our hands on a Ken signiture series grizzly