Good Morning Friends:

This is my first post on this forum, although I lurk on the power tool all the time.

I have not turned for nearly ten years. But when the dual trunks of a 60 foot persimmon tree appeared in my shop drive way, I began to have second thoughts and started to dig out my stuff.

My lathe is an old, old Rockwell mounted on a homemade stand.
It’s driven by a ½ hp 3650 rpm motor through 2, 4 step pulleys.

The trouble is that when I mount a 30 pound chunk of poorly balanced tree trunk on this, it gets very dangerous.

My question is: What type of motor/ speed control do I want?

Thanks
Steve