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Variable Speed Midi Lathe Conversion Kit: for Turncrafter Pro, Jet & Delta

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Convert your Multi Speed Turncrafter, Jet, or Delta Midi Lathe to a Powerful Variable Speed Workhorse

With this variable speed kit you can experience infinite and instantaneous speed control with a simple the turn of a knob. Easy to set-up.

Kit includes: nuts, bolts, wiring, control box, motor, motor pulley, assembly templates and assembly instructions for Turncrafter, Jet and Delta lathes. Use your existing headstock pulley belt and motor mount and simply mount our variable speed motor to the motor mount. Requires drilling through your motor mounting plate to accept the variable speed motor.

Specifications:

• Powerful motor: 110V, 1/2HP
• Control Box
• Variable speeds 650-4400 (lathe speed may vary subject to lathe, setup and pulleys)
• 3 ft cord for flexible positioning of control box

Style: Variable Speed Conversion Kit
Horsepower: 1/2 HP
Volts: 110V
Pulley Steps: 2
Speed (RPM): 650-4400 Variable Speed
Category: Mini Lathes
  • Package Weight: 13.32 pounds
  • Shipping Charge: $10 shipping for ground service
  • Packing: Item is shipped in its own box.

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Average Customer Review: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 18 Reviews

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1 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 51 out of 5 man o man
Reviewer: Richard Hudson (Woodlawn, TN)
Submitted: 10.7.2009

This lathe motor is way over rated. First it stalls about every 10 minutes or so. Will not hold a load when turning hard woods. Have had the kit for about a month and now it is almost burned completely up. Brushes are worn out complete. A far as I 'm concerned a complete waste of money, but it was easy to install.

4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 needs fitting work
Reviewer: James Eaton (Albuquerque, NM)
Submitted: 10.6.2009

Nice strong system, but the fitting is difficult to allign to the Jet, at least. A separate fitting kit would help.

5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 Not all lathes are turning pens
Reviewer: Will Schmit (Albuquerque, NM)
Submitted: 9.22.2009

There is a huge market for your motor beyond woodworking lathes. There is a huge community of metalworking lathe and mill hobbyists that need your product. Unfortunately, there are two snags. 1) The 14mm shaft causes the user to make his/her own pulley 2) The 600rpm minimum speed causes the user to tweek the pots to get the speed down to 100rpm Absolutely great product -- don't forget that there are more than woodworkers using them.

5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5 VS DC Drive Conversion Kit
Reviewer: James Denker (Scituate, MA)
Submitted: 7.21.2009

Very neat retrofit package for intended applications. I am installing it in a 1036 Walker-Turner (63-yr old) lathe with a standard v-belt section A(4L) 4-step cone pulley. To fit the metric shaft on the motor, it is necessary to bore-out a standard 1/2" bore pulley to fit. Penn State should offer a std A-section 3-step cone pulley with a stepped bore (14mm & 15mm) to fit the motor shaft. This, together with a 4-foot length of std A-section Twist-Lock V-belting would make the kit an easy retrofit for ANY existing old fixed-speed AC motor drive. There are also many drill presses that use a standard 3L-section v-belt, so a 2 or 3-step cone pulley step-bored to fit the motor woul be an ideal retrofit for all those machines as well.

2 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 52 out of 5 Power of the Variable Speed Motor
Reviewer: Bill Turk (Chilton, WI)
Submitted: 5.29.2009

The kit was very easy to install. I tried to turn a small bowl and unlike the Jet 1/2 hp motor the variable motor stalled out. If I had not misplaced the paperwork I would probably have returned the kit. I was very surprised by the lack of torque the motor had.

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