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  1. JohnW

    Maching a Ford Super Duty Wheel Hub to Make a Wheel Adapter for a VW

    The rotation problem is with the capabilities of the image editing and display software you are using - whatever it is. It may even be your iPhone not setting the orientation data properly when the image was taken. Many digital cameras (just about everything in the last 5-7 years) have an...
  2. JohnW

    My "New" Lathe

    Hmmm, I'll have to see how they work. If they are a problem, I'll just rip off the pucks and go with the steel disks. It will still be a few weeks until I know. I like the idea of adding on the stick on sandpaper to the metal though.
  3. JohnW

    My "New" Lathe

    A couple of days ago, I worked on making new rubber "shoes" for the lathe. The lathe has six adjustable levelling screws on the bottom of the bases - four under the headstock, and two under the tail stock section. The bolts have rounded ends, but I think they would put too much of a point load...
  4. JohnW

    My "New" Lathe

    Another quick post to catch up on some old and new images of the general assembly and painting. . . . The paint was not in too bad shape when I got the lathe, but by the time I hit it with degreaser and used the pressure washer on it, a lot of paint and filler flaked off, so it really needed to...
  5. JohnW

    My "New" Lathe

    Time to catch up on some stuff I did a few months ago - the chip tray and some of the painting. The original chip tray was a huge drawer that hung under the lathe bed. The best picture I have is one I posted before from when I first saw the lathe before I bought it. The tray is sitting...
  6. JohnW

    My "New" Lathe

    I guess I should have posted this information before: If anybody else is looking for these, the e-bay seller I used was: wenyuandin He described them as: LOT 20 Brass Push Button oiler press fit ball oiler for Hit&Miss Engine Motor Disclosure: I have no connection to the seller other than...
  7. JohnW

    My "New" Lathe

    Sorry, not a big update today, as I'm out of town and just wasting some time in a hotel room. Most of the ball-oilers (oil nipples) on my lathe were either missing, badly damaged, or just plain gummed up. I don't really have any good pictures pictures of the old ones, but here is what I did...
  8. JohnW

    VFD Discussion

    Louis, I agree that that is the best way to do it. All braking resistors add is the ability to ramp down the speed quickly. Make sure the electrical box is well vented since the VFD goes generate some heat.
  9. JohnW

    VFD Discussion

    To understand the constant torque the VFD can provide at low frequencies, you need to thing about how the motor generates the torque. The torque generated by the motor is proportional to the strength of the magnetic fields that are generated. The strength of the magnetic field is proportional to...
  10. JohnW

    VFD Discussion

    I'm getting teh impression that you want to just put the VFD in "front" of your lathe or mill without doing any re-wiring on the machine. I do not think that is a good idea. A VFD is not really just a simple phase converter. VFD's are designed to control a single motor and provide all sorts of...
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