Information needed on a Sidney 14" lathe

For about $200 bucks, you could buy a Teco VFD to power the lathe with.

For the size of this lathe, you would think it would have at least a 5 HP motor running it.
 
I have considered a VFD, but the lathe also has a 1/4hp 3ph coolant pump, my understanding is that a VFD can only control 1 motor, I definitely would upsize the RPC for future machine purchases as Ken suggests. Thanks for all your comments!
Jim
 
That's a beautiful lathe, I looked at one recently, they're very heavy duty built like a Monarch. I considered buying it but it would be too much drama getting it into the basement...
Humm... I'm seeing somewhere around 2 ½ -2 ¾ hp according to the tables I looked at?
 
rancher2013 said:
I have considered a VFD, but the lathe also has a 1/4hp 3ph coolant pump, my understanding is that a VFD can only control 1 motor, I definitely would upsize the RPC for future machine purchases as Ken suggests. Thanks for all your comments!
Jim
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Personally, I wouldn't worry about the coolant pump. Unless you are going to do some serious machine work. Use a mister if you need coolant. I haven't messed with coolant on any of my machines in over 35 years. The one time I needed coolant, I setup a Cool Mist mister and hooked it up to a spade drill. Worked like a charm.

Ken
 
Eddyde said:
That's a beautiful lathe, I looked at one recently, they're very heavy duty built like a Monarch. I considered buying it but it would be too much drama getting it into the basement...
Humm... I'm seeing somewhere around 2 ½ -2 ¾ hp according to the tables I looked at?
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I couldn’t imagine trying to get a lathe of this weight in a basement, lol. Thanks for the input.
Jim
 
4gsr said:
Personally, I wouldn't worry about the coolant pump. Unless you are going to do some serious machine work. Use a mister if you need coolant. I haven't messed with coolant on any of my machines in over 35 years. The one time I needed coolant, I setup a Cool Mist mister and hooked it up to a spade drill. Worked like a charm.

Ken
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Well maybe I’ll revisit the VFD, my understanding is they wire directly to the motor and all functions are then controlled through the VFD? Can you wire up the forward/reverse switch to a VFD?
 
The VFD is the F/R sw and can be wired to a remote along with with remote vari speed pot if vfd not mounted in convenint place.
 
Kind of like the F/Off/R drum switch on my machine, don’t need to even look at it in a panic, but sounds like it might be possible to incorporate it with the VFD, thanks for the input.
Jim
 
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