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    Vintage lathe hydraulic drive

    Thanks to all of you who have responded. Since the motor has a model number on it I'm hoping somebody will have some information on that motor or know how to get it. Information on the motor says it will run on 230 or 115 volts so this should be doable. I'm a geologist and it didn't take me long...
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    Vintage lathe hydraulic drive

    Bill, the motor is an AC motor that presently runs on 120 volt household current. There are no instructions on the motor itself on how to wire it for 240 volts. My son found lot of wires in a metal flexible conduit running from the motor to the on-off switch. Some of them are connected to the...
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    Vintage lathe hydraulic drive

    Good morning. Does anyone out there have any information about this hydraulic drive on my 11 inch Logan lathe? The rectangular box above the headstock has a tag saying SWANN MFG. CO. It appears to be an ancient B 17 "Flying Fortress" machine gun turret rotator powered by a General Electric...
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