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CAMaster Stinger CNC (25" x 36" x 5")
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Jet JWBS-18QT-3 18", 3HP bandsaw
Robust Beauty 25"x52" wood lathe w/everything
Jet BD-920W 9"x20" metal lathe
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Dan, I know what your saying there may be some trade offs. Low side is 50 to 1500. High is 100 to 3,000. The motor looks like a 5 hp compared to a 2 hp one! Being able to run up to 1500 without changing the pulley will be the good part. Will see about toque at the low speeds. My 7/8" swept back bowl gouge was throwing some big chips and the motor was slowing down on the 18" bowl. I will test it out some more.
Member Illiana Woodturners
Bob, I have the 2-step pulley and it works just fine. I use the low setting for all large and out-of-balance pieces because the braking will kick in when you go to stop. If you have a super heavy piece on and the pulley is in the high range... you will get to watch it spin for a long time before it stops!
Also, you can pull down on the motor a little to create additional tension on the belt so things don't slip under load. Have fun making shavings!!
Steve
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Congratulations! It didn't take long for you to cover up the bling in your shop!
Ken
So much to learn, so little time.....
Looks like it made a real mess of your shop in a hurry.
"Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig." Robert Heinlein
"[H]e had at home a lathe, and amused himself by turning napkin rings, with which he filled up his house, with the jealousy of an artist and the egotism of a bourgeois." Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
That sure is a sweet lathe! Congratulations. Now you'll never make it up for dinner on time.
Thanks Steve, the first time I changed pulleys and dropped the motor down I pinched my finger. Learned a quick lesson there. Didn't realize the high speed rolls to a very slow stop. I always pushed on the motor on my Powermatic. I'm sure it will get better and I learn to get the right tension on it.
Member Illiana Woodturners
Hmm, a few things for me to ponder here... Looks like it is a one piece bed rather than the 4 foot bed with a 2 foot extension, which my earlier version has. I know Brent has a different phase converter on the new machines, and I am thinking possibly a different motor, but can't remember. The speed range from 50 to 1500, and 50 to 3000 is what the original 3520A had, well except that the PM would go down to almost 0 before turning off. That was handy for sanding my warped bowls. I have the 3 speed pulley system. I keep it in mid range, which now goes from about 20 to 2200, which Brent helped me set it up to. The slow speed range was too slow, only going up to 1100, after adjustments. I could easily stall it in low range, and as well in mid range, but I am on the 'Brute Squad', or like Bill Grumbine commented once, 'I haven't met a lathe I can't stall, including the VB36'. I do scratch my head over bowl turners who have the sliding headstock, and don't use it for bowls, but that is just my way of doing things. That, in particular, makes the tilt away tailstock a blessing. You will have a lot of fun with this lathe.
robo hippy
[QUOTE=Reed Gray;2420700]Hmm, a few things for me to ponder here... Looks like it is a one piece bed rather than the 4 foot bed with a 2 foot extension, which my earlier version has. I know Brent has a different phase converter on the new machines, and I am thinking possibly a different motor, but can't remember. The speed range from 50 to 1500, and 50 to 3000 is what the original 3520A had, well except that the PM would go down to almost 0 before turning off. That was handy for sanding my warped bowls. I have the 3 speed pulley system. I keep it in mid range, which now goes from about 20 to 2200, which Brent helped me set it up to. The slow speed range was too slow, only going up to 1100, after adjustments. I could easily stall it in low range, and as well in mid range, but I am on the 'Brute Squad', or like Bill Grumbine commented once, 'I haven't met a lathe I can't stall, including the VB36'. I do scratch my head over bowl turners who have the sliding headstock, and don't use it for bowls, but that is just my way of doing things. That, in particular, makes the tilt away tailstock a blessing. You will have a lot of fun with this lathe.
That was one of the reasons I choose the long bed. It is a solid one piece six foot long bed. I didn't like the extension on the lower position on my 3520B. Big bowl rough outs caused vibration on the extension. I am sure I can stall this one, but am finding that extra 1 hp making rounding blanks a lot quicker. I've always turned on the wall and am quite comfortable. Between the wide stance of the lathe, the low height of the ways (34") and the extra power I'm already spoiled.
Member Illiana Woodturners
I did find that with the extra height of the headstock spindle, the difference between 20 and 25 inch throw, that the remote, if it is on the lathe bed is too low. I keep it, most of the time in the same place it was on the PM. One reason I went with the AB was the 3 hp motor, which wasn't available with a sliding headstock on any other lathe.
robo hippy
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Here it is three o'clock in the morning and I am looking at porn, lathe porn. That is one more sexy lady! Looks like you had a fine team of helpers and a plan getting her in place and put together. Like many, the American Beauty is my daydream lathe. Probably never happen but nice to dream.
Hu