Help with a Motor
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(04-06-2018, 09:25 AM)Dara Wrote: I do enjoy it but don't want to get super involved.
I have a full shop with all the other woodworking tools and really enjoy the flat stuff, Krenov cabinets, jewelry boxes, small furniture.
It is nice to just turn a bowl or 2 between projects.
And I have good sources for turning wood

Had a 1/2 on Ol' Blue - Delta 12" - for a few years, until I upgraded the bandsaw to a full HP.  Moved the 3/4 over, but no real difference noted in use, because I had learned how to turn by then.  Tool presentation is more important than HP.  

Measure your current sheaves/pulley ratio to get a good value for low end rpm, and then, if you can, get a motor pulley that will slow you down.  Those lathes were made for spindles, and tend to have low ends =>600 rpm.  You'd like <500 if you can get it for starting bowls.
Better to follow the leader than the pack. Less to step in.
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