Sculpture, Machines, Bicycles, IoT, Attention Deficit Disorder
The journey begins….delivered the Tormach Lathe to the shop. Spent a few days un-crating, getting off the pallet, made space in my cluttered shop. Next step to run 220 service to it and start making some chips.
First visit this trip to Maine….got a switch panel I needed for 3ph rotary converter setup. A nice yet unmarked 3″ sine bar a few little vee blocks and some nice ground lathe bits. Coil was 75 cents so I took a chance it might work on my Rivett brake…no dice. A little research shows it is more than likely for an early mag starter. All this stuff plus the Rockwell Carbide Tool Grinder project from previous post… $29!
Found this at Liberty Tool today. Motor spun in reverse on 120v so good enough for me to take home and mess with. I think it is wired for 240 so will play with it more when I get her home.
Quick photos from the back of my Suburu…
After further review it is wired for 120. I diagnosed the wiring on the switch and it is wired for 120. The switch handle was loose so it would not engage the forward position. Will update with wire details later but typically the wires coming out of the motor are labeled – T1, T2, T3, etc and if I recall a white stripe wire(s) for line in. From what I understand about motors, if you can’t read/identify the wires then there is no way to measure/figure them out.
Another note: this wiring had a 115v Capacitor inline with one of the “line-in” wires? This makes no sense to me and I think was added later in it’s life for no good reason. Too small for starter or run capacitor from what I have read.
I had the cutoff tool holder laying around in the shop. Milled out a post for it. Works great however but will make another out of larger stock to get cross slide as close to spindle as possible. Rethinking tool holders on cross slide altogether but worked out well enough.
Started off with 3 seized up drill chucks. PB Blaster and some persuasion freed them up. Spinning them in the lathe with some Scotch Brite pads made the look great.
Plastic and I don’t get along. Turns out the little plastic “clamps” break pretty easy. Made some flat aluminum washers of sorts and brought them back to life.
May change how it sits on rails but I am pretty sure it will be below the rail surface.
Finished up a few projects. Another Faux Headset for a friend and mods to some cool brass barrel adjusters for another local shop.
Found some bronze hollow round stock 1.5″ OD 1″ ID and turned another faux head set.