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Beautiful old American Iron and Steel
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Not the way I read the situation at all, but whatever.
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Simple
The electric box is rated for 7.5 hp and 575 volts.
The motor is 2HP and 240/480.
It need that size for 240 volt .
Nice looking tag.
Dave
That is a much newer model but very close.
A bunch of model pubs.
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510 max RPM. She is an old beauty for sure.
It is a 12" 3 jaw. I had to go out and check. Lol! It's cold and windy outside!
I drained the oil and flushed the gearbox the best I could. The gears aren't pretty but the lathe is run-able. I had to fill a bit higher than the book said to get a certain set of gears to touch the oil to get half the gears to fully lubricate.
I adjusted one shaft so the gears would engage properly and the shift lever would lock in place properly.
I found out my lathe has a crude cone brake built into the clutch lever. Metal against metal. No idea if it had friction material or if it should be lubricated.
I don't think I'll be taking the monster cuts this lathe was designed for but it will still take much bigger cuts than the little Chinese 10x30 I have now.
I adjusted one shaft so the gears would engage properly and the shift lever would lock in place properly.
I found out my lathe has a crude cone brake built into the clutch lever. Metal against metal. No idea if it had friction material or if it should be lubricated.
I don't think I'll be taking the monster cuts this lathe was designed for but it will still take much bigger cuts than the little Chinese 10x30 I have now.