Blake McCully
07-30-2006, 11:14 AM
Hi all. I have a question about electrical/electricity and stuff. The only thing I know about electricity is flip a switch and a light goes on or off. Plug something in the wall and it works. So, now to my question.
A carver friend of mine bought an off brand lathe a while back and has started playing. I talked to him last week and he told me that an electrician friend of his put a rheostat(sp) on his lathe. Apparently on his switch. He told me he hasn't tried it yet but will. I guess what he was trying to get was variable speed for his lathe. My first reaction was, that won't work will it? I didn't tell him that though. But after I thought about it, I thought, well why won't it.
First, I have a couple of old jet minis with the manual belt speed change. So, suppose one were to put the belt on the highest speed, and had a rheostat to turn it on, would that work as a variable speed control? Has anyone tired it or thought about it? If it won't work, how come?
If if doesn't work, and I don't think it will but am not sure why, and someone tries to explain it to me, please keep in mind that I am extremely electronically challenged.
Probably won't do anything like that anyway. I'll be getting a lathe with EVS at some point anyway. Just thought I'd like to see what the group concensus is.
Later.
A carver friend of mine bought an off brand lathe a while back and has started playing. I talked to him last week and he told me that an electrician friend of his put a rheostat(sp) on his lathe. Apparently on his switch. He told me he hasn't tried it yet but will. I guess what he was trying to get was variable speed for his lathe. My first reaction was, that won't work will it? I didn't tell him that though. But after I thought about it, I thought, well why won't it.
First, I have a couple of old jet minis with the manual belt speed change. So, suppose one were to put the belt on the highest speed, and had a rheostat to turn it on, would that work as a variable speed control? Has anyone tired it or thought about it? If it won't work, how come?
If if doesn't work, and I don't think it will but am not sure why, and someone tries to explain it to me, please keep in mind that I am extremely electronically challenged.
Probably won't do anything like that anyway. I'll be getting a lathe with EVS at some point anyway. Just thought I'd like to see what the group concensus is.
Later.