Craftsman 109 lathe

Hi deadeye. I am an owner. There are a lot of these things out there. They are nice and small, and are a real lathe. They are, however, limited in capacity and have some quality issues. Some people say that an import mini-lathe is better to start off with. Do you have one? Is it a basket case, or is it just working poorly? Or, do you just want to connect with some others who use these machines?
 
I have a South Bend 9C, 3 craftsman 109 , rebuilding 2 making parts (tooling, tool holders, etc) 1 maximat 7 (missing lathed head would to sell or trade )1 Taig lathe 1 millrite knee mill , 1 Shop Smith , and 1 Rockwell 46- 201 lathe head that I plan to make a bowl lathe . I have been researching VFD variable frequency drives. way too much going on. But I am retired and I have a degree in machine tool technology, and teach at the same tech. school from time to time adjunct. this is way more than you wanted to know












have plans to make a bowl lathe
 
DEADEYEO86 said:
Hi: I have 3 craftsman 1 complete , 2 rebuilding . I am looking for someone who has same the same interest
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Look no further, you have found them. You are on the right website and in the correct section.:encourage:
 
DEADEYEO86 said:
I have a South Bend 9C, 3 craftsman 109 , rebuilding 2 making parts (tooling, tool holders, etc) 1 maximat 7 (missing lathed head would to sell or trade )1 Taig lathe 1 millrite knee mill , 1 Shop Smith , and 1 Rockwell 46- 201 lathe head that I plan to make a bowl lathe . I have been researching VFD variable frequency drives. way too much going on. But I am retired and I have a degree in machine tool technology, and teach at the same tech. school from time to time adjunct. this is way more than you wanted to know












have plans to make a bowl lathe
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Do you have plans for a bowl lathe I have been look at the Nova 1624 trying to figure how to mount the C56 faced motor
 
RandyM said:
Look no further, you have found them. You are on the right website and in the correct section.:encourage:
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Has any body adapted to a 3 phase motor with VFD VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE? THANK YOU I will have lots of questions 60 years in Maintenance . Not exactly a novice
 
DEADEYEO86 said:
Has any body adapted to a 3 phase motor with VFD VARIABLE FREQUENCY DRIVE? THANK YOU I will have lots of questions 60 years in Maintenance . Not exactly a novice
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I have recently installed a 240V 3-phase, 1750 RPM motor on my Atlas TH42 lathe. Motor is a #56 frame size, which was easily adapted to fit the original motor bracket on the lathe.
I used a Baldor 1 HP VS1ST 120V VFD, and I wired up a potentiometer for speed control and a SPDT switch for FWD-REV. I am pleased with how it turned out, it works really well.

Bill
 
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