Jeff Belany
02-27-2011, 3:42 PM
I know failures of this lathe have come up before and I have searched past posts about these problems. But, once the electronic circuit boards became unavailable, most seemed to turn them into boat anchors. I have one that always worked well until it died suddenly. I don't use a big lathe very often (I have 3 small lathes) but occasionally I need a larger lathe. I can't afford to buy a new one and my first thought was this -- I have a fairly decent (for me) 36" lathe with a 90V DC motor, why not find a DC motor control to run it. I checked around and found a couple (KB Electronicss KBC 125 or KBCC 240D) that filled the bill as far as voltage, amperage and it would seem to be pretty simple to hook up 2 AC power wires and 3 wires to the DC motor. I may or may not put them inside the lathe case but maybe just in an external box.
I will admit I'm not an expert with electronics but have done a fair amount of wiring. My question is this -- am I missing something about this? It seems pretty simple to do but in the several forums I have gone over no one seems to have tryed this that I have seen. The cost is less than $100 and before I spend the money I hoped someone with more knowledge than me could offer some advise. Any one have an thoughts?
Thanks to you all for great information on this forum.
Jeff in northern Wisconsin
I will admit I'm not an expert with electronics but have done a fair amount of wiring. My question is this -- am I missing something about this? It seems pretty simple to do but in the several forums I have gone over no one seems to have tryed this that I have seen. The cost is less than $100 and before I spend the money I hoped someone with more knowledge than me could offer some advise. Any one have an thoughts?
Thanks to you all for great information on this forum.
Jeff in northern Wisconsin