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In post number 2169 on 9/26 I showed making a pulley for adding an extra motor to my lathe. The reason I needed the motor was because my 11 x 26 wholesale tools lathe's lowest rpm was 150 and it coasted to a stop. this was very nerve racking when threading to a shoulder. the 24v motor I have also has a electric brake. On a lot of the import lathes if your lathe is metric and you want to thread imperial you have to do it by not using the thread dial but reversing the motor without disengaging the lead-screw to start the next pass and the same if your machine is imperial you have to reverse to thread metric. stopping the motor then reversing at 150 rpm 8tpi up to a shoulder was nerve racking to say the least.
so I made the mounts, controller and enclosures to use this 24v gear motor when needed and it stops on a dime.
I still need to label the switches but they are on/off, speed, direction, momentary/off/constant. the lever shown on the side of the motor disengages the electric brake. I also may be adding a carriage stop with a limit switch.
the reason for all the power supplies is I needed 24v for the motor 12v for the cooling fan and 24v for the brake. the wires are labeled 36v for the brake power supply but the trim pot is adjusted to 24v . to get the 24v for the motor , two 12v power supplies are wired in series.
Steve
Edit: I forgot to mention where this motor came from.
They are the drive motors for the wheels of a Hover-round mobility chair I got for free. there were 2 on the vehicle. The chairs battery's had gone bad and they didn't need the chair anymore.
so I made the mounts, controller and enclosures to use this 24v gear motor when needed and it stops on a dime.
I still need to label the switches but they are on/off, speed, direction, momentary/off/constant. the lever shown on the side of the motor disengages the electric brake. I also may be adding a carriage stop with a limit switch.
the reason for all the power supplies is I needed 24v for the motor 12v for the cooling fan and 24v for the brake. the wires are labeled 36v for the brake power supply but the trim pot is adjusted to 24v . to get the 24v for the motor , two 12v power supplies are wired in series.
Steve
Edit: I forgot to mention where this motor came from.
They are the drive motors for the wheels of a Hover-round mobility chair I got for free. there were 2 on the vehicle. The chairs battery's had gone bad and they didn't need the chair anymore.
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