Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Largest Manufacturing Technology Community on the Web
Stay Connected:
Recent content by S.N.
-
S
SB lathe questions,
Johnoder. You nailed it. The motor and lathe is a unmolested 1929. Your link is the exact set up I have. This only makes me more determined to get the motor fixed and leave it original.- S.N.
- Post #10
- Forum: South Bend Lathes
-
S
SB lathe questions,
Thank you all for the responses. I lost my dad and everything just stopped for a few weeks. My US made static phase converter came it. My motor turned over hard so I took it apart and cleaned it with mineral spirits and it spun freely by hand. I hooked it up to my static converter and it...- S.N.
- Post #9
- Forum: South Bend Lathes
-
S
SB lathe questions,
Thanks for the information. Our vocational schools machine shop instructor started to give me oprion and liked vfd. I do not want to spend a pile on this old of a lathe especially until it's under power enough to see what I have. Static appeared to be a pretty cheap seat in.- S.N.
- Post #7
- Forum: South Bend Lathes
-
S
SB lathe questions,
I wondered if that was so. The motor looks old but i felt a 1929 model might have been line shaft. My fear was is 1hp enough for this lathe considering the loss of a static phase converter which was the direction I was headed. Thanks for the help. SN- S.N.
- Post #3
- Forum: South Bend Lathes
-
S
SB lathe questions,
Good afternoon. I am a new member and have a couple questions on a rescue lathe I am working towards setting up. 1st off my research indicates a 1929 model O. Assuming I am correct is the 1hp 3 phase motor worth buying a static converter or should I be replacing it. P.O. said it was hooked...- S.N.
- Thread
- Replies: 9
- Forum: South Bend Lathes