Feeler FTL 618 Lathe

[pfincham]

OK, thanks for the info, I have read Bills stuff and guess I better have a better look at the motor. Silly me, I thought this would be a no brainer.

I'll get some pictures, should have started with the four of us getting it across the lawn on rollers, but hey! plenty more to come.

Maybe I should start a new thread and put the complete rebuild on it, what do you guys think.

[BillTodd]

Maybe I should start a new thread and put the complete rebuild on it, what do you guys think.

I think that's the way to go.:)

[HiltonSteve]

I bought a Leinen lathe a few weeks back only to find that it had a 3 speed motor on it, after speaking to a few people it turned out that my only real option was a rotary phase inverter.

3HP version - £500....!!!! ouch... and that was after knocking him down on price.

Thing is I can now run any 3 phase machine off of it (under 3hp) which gives me a bit of flexibility.

Hopefully you won't need to go down that route.....

[BillTodd]

I bought a Leinen lathe a few weeks back only to find that it had a 3 speed motor on it, after speaking to a few people it turned out that my only real option was a rotary phase inverter.

3HP version - £500....!!!! ouch... and that was after knocking him down on price.

Thing is I can now run any 3 phase machine off of it (under 3hp) which gives me a bit of flexibility.

Hopefully you won't need to go down that route.....

£500's not that bad.

3hp going to be expensive whether take the simple route and use a RPC or go my way with switches and a VFD (it's amusing to see people's surprise at the Hardinge with a 13A plug :))