Lathe Installation

I calling this lathe installation because the lathe is moving to its working location and hard wired to the buildings electrical system. 

The motor is on the tower and the tower is bolted to the wall with one bolt.  Need to see if I need the 2nd one and then figure out how to make that happen.

The plan is to use 1/2" thin wall  metal conduit down the wall and under the lathe then up to the drum switch.  Run the switched wires back up the same conduit and into the box then small armor cable to the motor.   That should be a 'fun' bit of conduit bending.   It has to clear the edge of the chip tray (in case I get it installed later) and drop to go under the lathe bed then a 90 up to the drum switch.




Need to add images here.

Thursday, January 25, 2018

First chips on Tuesday.  Faced the hub on an old aluminum pulley.   The bit was one I just picked up.  I'm sure it could use sharpening.

Created a casting pattern for leveling feet.  It will also raise the lathe to a better working height.  I'm not sure if it is smooth enough to pull from the mold.   The paint in the images is wet and it may look different when dry.