The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

I need to do a scan of one of these at some point so we can share it here online.

If you still have the 110v motor leave it there.

Buy a 12v US caravan inverter - pure sine wave if you can afford it, run this from a 240v to 12v power supply at least 10amp and you will have the correct speed.

have fun

Its a great lathe - maybe that is because I have one

Post a link if you have one

Nice to see one with a different option

Well someone had to start bringing the price down - well done

I may have some kicking about

I put the project on the shelf due to other commitments. But I am now coming back to it for the summer, will post some pics soon

I did an interview with Sonny Burgess a while back and we talked briefly about the 6N that Sam Phillips of Sun Studios www.rockabillypreacher.co.uk have a listen

Let me know what you have

Looking for a relay box for the three motor version

Hi Chris

I am looking for any 8 D G presto parts

Any Presto paperwork

45 speed relay box for a presto 8 DG

Thanks

I have posted this before I got this running on a vms66 for a mate of mine 1 x 50amp 12v stable power supply - vms66 pulls about 35amps 1 x 1200 12v to 110v inverter from eBay USA with a pure sign wave Hook it up and you have a US lathe motor running at the right speed Do it in reverse to get an EU ...

Post some pic m8

I may have one for sale

He other reason may be the the grease in the motor has gone hard or there is no oil in the centre where the turntable slots - friction is an issue and I have had the same problem in the past.

Give the motor a clean and and other moving parts

My god Chris, no need to jump on me - I was thinking more about the entry level hobbits - not the professionals who live from their trade.

I cannot believe that the cost of Diamond Cutting Stylus has not come down in price 250 euros. I suppose it depends where they are being manufactured and the quality. Is this the only supplier?

Anything happerned with plastic.

Supply of blanks and cutting needles

He will be missed

Hi Guys and Girls, I am very sorry for not being around for years, but I got totally pissed off with the whole cutting world and the price of blanks and the unfair trade that was going on.  So I decided to take a break from the whole black art and let someone else put the development monies up.  I h...