On Feb 26, 9:26 am, [email protected] (Doug Miller) wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>, "Renowood" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >I have an old Craftsman mono-tube lathe. Can I use a router speed
> >controller to add varible speed to it? It has a 1/2 horse motor, I'm
> >not sure if its a universal or some other type. Has anyone tried
> >this? I don't want to damage the motor.
>
> That would be an induction motor, and, no, I don't think that's going to work.
>
> But really... that's not exactly a high-end lathe, you know. Is there some
> reason that the four speeds it already has is not enough for you?
>
> --
> Regards,
> Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
>
> It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
It might mean less belt changing. I want to upgrade and was looking
at the VS jet mini but that would be more of a sideways step and not
an upgrade. This mod would get me a little more versitility.
Renowood
On Feb 26, 5:51 pm, Peter Huebner <[email protected]> wrote:
> In article <[email protected]>,
> [email protected] says...
>
>
>
> > I have an old Craftsman mono-tube lathe. Can I use a router speed
> > controller to add varible speed to it? It has a 1/2 horse motor, I'm
> > not sure if its a universal or some other type. Has anyone tried
> > this? I don't want to damage the motor.
>
> > Thanks,
>
> > Renowood
>
> Don't think you'll damage the motor, but you may blow your speed control to
> kingdom come if it's the wrong type. As I found out when I used a speed control
> for drills on an induction motor by mistake: Poof!
>
> -P.
>
> --
> =========================================
> firstname dot lastname at gmail fullstop com
I DAGS using different terms and found that it will not work. So
thanks for all the help.
Renowood
In article <[email protected]>, "Renowood" <[email protected]> wrote:
>I have an old Craftsman mono-tube lathe. Can I use a router speed
>controller to add varible speed to it? It has a 1/2 horse motor, I'm
>not sure if its a universal or some other type. Has anyone tried
>this? I don't want to damage the motor.
That would be an induction motor, and, no, I don't think that's going to work.
But really... that's not exactly a high-end lathe, you know. Is there some
reason that the four speeds it already has is not enough for you?
--
Regards,
Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)
It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.
In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] says...
>
>
> I have an old Craftsman mono-tube lathe. Can I use a router speed
> controller to add varible speed to it? It has a 1/2 horse motor, I'm
> not sure if its a universal or some other type. Has anyone tried
> this? I don't want to damage the motor.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Renowood
>
Don't think you'll damage the motor, but you may blow your speed control to
kingdom come if it's the wrong type. As I found out when I used a speed control
for drills on an induction motor by mistake: Poof!
-P.
--
=========================================
firstname dot lastname at gmail fullstop com
"Renowood" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
>
> I have an old Craftsman mono-tube lathe. Can I use a router speed
> controller to add varible speed to it? It has a 1/2 horse motor, I'm
> not sure if its a universal or some other type. Has anyone tried
> this? I don't want to damage the motor.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Renowood
>
Almost with out exception a universal motor is noisy when compared to the
induction type motor. The typical universal motor speed control does not
work on an induction motor.