The Secret Society of Lathe Trolls

"Is it double-fused as a protection against polarity reversals / phase-to-ground?" No, it actually had no ground connected from the 120vac coming in. When i replaced the cracking two prong for a 3 i ran the ground, but haven't connected it to the table. I think judging by the schematic i could conne...

Has anyone successfully replaced the mega fuse block on their presto 8dg? From what i understand of electricity and everything ive been told and seen in operation you should not fuse both legs of your 120v. Which the presto does, with fuses probably rated for industrial machinery, when the presto is...

Revised some build points, rivnuts work way better then tapping aluminum, but the quality of the threads in them leave much to be desired. I also should have measured the mounting holes I put in, as they are starting to get in the way of one another. But I guess that's what version 2 is for. On to t...

I got a photo of the inner workings of the overhead I figured might help some people troubleshooting. My overhead would just stop running, and I believe it was one of these little arms was not behind the retainer clip.

I moved them out of the way in the photo because I'm going with a motor.

Might have to name this one Frankenstein's monster, what with the bolts all sticking out. Had some failed aluminum threading on the mount block, which I should know better, but I did anyway. So that'll have to get fixed. I'm thinking of just popping some rivet nuts in there instead of cutting a whol...

I haven't touched the amp in awhile. I might just use a solid state instead. I figured the v-spring and pushrod part was first.

I have no experience with feedback. Just some reading. I haven't wound a coil either.

I'm back to playing with this idea in-between other projects on hold for parts. I think I got the v-spring mount idea kinda nailed down and the pushrods for the speakers. I found these military connecter pins that fit into the candy funnels perfectly, which I think I'll dab them in some silicone and...

Well. It's a Webster, so I'm not too worried about originality. I found an alnico magnet that will fit with minimal cutting. I might try it out. I kinda stopped doing anything music related for a year or so. I'm trying to get myself back into it, and that presto is on the list. I'm currently waiting...

Hello!

Has anybody played with changing the magnet or any other mod to the Webster cutterhead? What magnet is in there to begin with?

I'm toying with idea of modifying it, cause let's face it, I got nothing to really loose.

Thanks. I figured someone got a hold of the manuals. I have a copy myself, I was wondering if they were still available.

Hi.

Is anyone currently selling the manuals Alan graves used to sell?

If you have to gut them to properly refinish them, it might be easier to just transfer them into a new case that is already painted. Eagle one/never dull is awesome at getting rid of rust provided it isn't pitted. For the rusted pots, take the knobs off with two spoons as pry bars under the knob. Ma...

Id be interested in putting something like that on my 8d. I seem to get nasty wow and flutter with the stock motors

That's why i was hoping somebody finally found one!

It exists! We have photo's!

I was REALLY hoping it was a fabled S1

I originaly made this setup for my 8dg. I don't think it was fast enough and ive moved in another direction. It's a bbq motor and a pwm controller with power supply. Room for expansion in the capps style box.

Before i toss it back on the hack pile i thought id offer it for sale or trade. 50$?

Wow & flutter tests

I just lucked out and got put in contact with a guy who owns the Lathe but couldnt do anything with it for various reason, so he let me take it and work on it. It's still "his" but i'm operating it and fixing it up. the condition seems ok, but i dunno on what scale i'm working to :) last time it wa...

this is making me think i should probably open my gearbox and fully clean/service it..... In what condition and where did you find your machine? When was the lasg time it was operated? I would just to look at it and see everything is good. But you also have to be pretty careful in there with the ge...

man those Bodine Motors are nice and quiet compared to the one I'm using, too bad they run at the wrong speed here in the UK. Did you have to dissassemble the gear box at all to service it? When i first purchased the unit i basically had to do a full tear down. I actually wish i had taken it a litt...