Craftsman 109 lathe

Hi deadeye. I am an owner. There are a lot of these things out there. They are nice and small, and are a real lathe. They are, however, limited in capacity and have some quality issues. Some people say that an import mini-lathe is better to start off with. Do you have one? Is it a basket case, or is it just working poorly? Or, do you just want to connect with some others who use these machines?
 
I have a South Bend 9C, 3 craftsman 109 , rebuilding 2 making parts (tooling, tool holders, etc) 1 maximat 7 (missing lathed head would to sell or trade )1 Taig lathe 1 millrite knee mill , 1 Shop Smith , and 1 Rockwell 46- 201 lathe head that I plan to make a bowl lathe . I have been researching VFD variable frequency drives. way too much going on. But I am retired and I have a degree in machine tool technology, and teach at the same tech. school from time to time adjunct. this is way more than you wanted to know












have plans to make a bowl lathe
 
Hi: I have 3 craftsman 1 complete , 2 rebuilding . I am looking for someone who has same the same interest

Look no further, you have found them. You are on the right website and in the correct section.:encourage:
 
I have a South Bend 9C, 3 craftsman 109 , rebuilding 2 making parts (tooling, tool holders, etc) 1 maximat 7 (missing lathed head would to sell or trade )1 Taig lathe 1 millrite knee mill , 1 Shop Smith , and 1 Rockwell 46- 201 lathe head that I plan to make a bowl lathe . I have been researching VFD variable frequency drives. way too much going on. But I am retired and I have a degree in machine tool technology, and teach at the same tech. school from time to time adjunct. this is way more than you wanted to know












have plans to make a bowl lathe
Do you have plans for a bowl lathe I have been look at the Nova 1624 trying to figure how to mount the C56 faced motor
 
Look no further, you have found them. You are on the right website and in the correct section.:encourage:
Has any body adapted to a 3 phase motor with VFD VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE? THANK YOU I will have lots of questions 60 years in Maintenance . Not exactly a novice
 
Has any body adapted to a 3 phase motor with VFD VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE? THANK YOU I will have lots of questions 60 years in Maintenance . Not exactly a novice

I have recently installed a 240V 3-phase, 1750 RPM motor on my Atlas TH42 lathe. Motor is a #56 frame size, which was easily adapted to fit the original motor bracket on the lathe.
I used a Baldor 1 HP VS1ST 120V VFD, and I wired up a potentiometer for speed control and a SPDT switch for FWD-REV. I am pleased with how it turned out, it works really well.

Bill
 
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