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Hi guys. First time poster here. I wanted to share my experience regarding the G0768 since there is very little online about it. I am hoping this will help somebody else tackle these issues. All in all, I am at very happy with my modifications.
I realize that in order to turn the wooden fly fishing reel seats that I want to turn, I would need to slow down the lead screw dramatically from me speed of the main spindle. This could only be done with an after-market motor. I had the bright idea to use an old Bosch drill that I had laying around because of a faulty trigger switch. I had since bought a new one so I had lots of fresh batteries hanging around to use for this purpose. At first I just mocked it up and created a cradle off the end of the lathe bed. I simply attached a 3/8 in socket adapter into the check of the drill along with the socket that fit the end of the lead screw. But I quickly realized was that I would need some sort of on/off switch with the ability to adjust the speed and forward and reverse. I hit up eBay and found a nice little motor controller that not only had the F4 mentioned options, but a bonus digital readout showing a percentage of full speed. This at least gives me some idea of where I should be dialing to for a specific task. I wrapped all of this up into a steel double gang outlet box with a plastic panel front that I made.
Also, I could not figure out how to eliminate most of the backlash from the cross slide. I decided a DRO was the only way to go for this since it doesn't rely on the threads of the screw but actually measures the distance at the cross slide moves. I had a little bit of trouble figuring out where I was going to place it but decided on the right side of the Cross slide. I was thinking of putting in a left and right microswitch to avoid Carriage collisions, but I left them out for the time being because I felt like there was a lot of wires and electronics around the work area as it was. Being that I use would mostly, that stuff gets everywhere! But I still May install the emergency switches down the road. If anybody has any ideas on how to do that, I am all ears. I landed on an Igauging 6in DRO. I'm pretty happy with it so far in testing but haven't had a good chance to use it.
This whole build cost me approximately $65. I wasted 16 of those dollars on a motor control unit that I accidentally burned up when I connected it to the motor while the motor was still connected to its Electronics in the trigger. For whatever reason, this fried it .
I am open to any questions but will leave most of the talking to the photos.
I realize that in order to turn the wooden fly fishing reel seats that I want to turn, I would need to slow down the lead screw dramatically from me speed of the main spindle. This could only be done with an after-market motor. I had the bright idea to use an old Bosch drill that I had laying around because of a faulty trigger switch. I had since bought a new one so I had lots of fresh batteries hanging around to use for this purpose. At first I just mocked it up and created a cradle off the end of the lathe bed. I simply attached a 3/8 in socket adapter into the check of the drill along with the socket that fit the end of the lead screw. But I quickly realized was that I would need some sort of on/off switch with the ability to adjust the speed and forward and reverse. I hit up eBay and found a nice little motor controller that not only had the F4 mentioned options, but a bonus digital readout showing a percentage of full speed. This at least gives me some idea of where I should be dialing to for a specific task. I wrapped all of this up into a steel double gang outlet box with a plastic panel front that I made.
Also, I could not figure out how to eliminate most of the backlash from the cross slide. I decided a DRO was the only way to go for this since it doesn't rely on the threads of the screw but actually measures the distance at the cross slide moves. I had a little bit of trouble figuring out where I was going to place it but decided on the right side of the Cross slide. I was thinking of putting in a left and right microswitch to avoid Carriage collisions, but I left them out for the time being because I felt like there was a lot of wires and electronics around the work area as it was. Being that I use would mostly, that stuff gets everywhere! But I still May install the emergency switches down the road. If anybody has any ideas on how to do that, I am all ears. I landed on an Igauging 6in DRO. I'm pretty happy with it so far in testing but haven't had a good chance to use it.
This whole build cost me approximately $65. I wasted 16 of those dollars on a motor control unit that I accidentally burned up when I connected it to the motor while the motor was still connected to its Electronics in the trigger. For whatever reason, this fried it .
I am open to any questions but will leave most of the talking to the photos.
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