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Good day folks. As some of you probably saw in my "introduce yourself" thread, I've acquired a line shaft driven Fay and Scott that looks like it's a 14" x 40" machine. I've got some belting and the jack shaft with hangers. What I also have is a 2HP 120/240v single phase motor that looks to...

first of all i'll say this might be a dumb question but im gonna ask it any ways. can i remove the countershaft from my lathe and run it with a larger motor and a vfd? i understand the counter shaft provides the torque advantage needed to remove metal but if i acount for that while choosing a...

Hello, So I purchased a Craftex CX600 back on August 28, 2017. My machine has become nothing but a nightmare. In this short time I have had the following happen, 1. Motor failed. It all checked out good when measuring resistance. The magnets were still fixed to the case. I tried new bearings...

Hi everyone! I am fairly new to the forum, it's been a great help so far to which I am grateful. I recently picked up a SB model A, the previous owner had bypassed the R1 Furnas drum switch. It came with a GE 1/4HP, four wire, 1 phase motor, and only L3 and L4 were connected which caused the...