Setting up a Aluminum SHOPMASTER Tools 1950's Lathe $49.95
Found the spec's on the internet:
Building a Stand
Using plans from:
Side glue up
Cutting the side tappers
Clean up glue lines
Pulling it together - had issues with alignment of the bolts and nut locations but got it to work
Gluing up of the top piece
Great Grand Father
Used these old Allen keys that have my great grand fathers name on them "B.F. Harmon" to get the pulley off the lathe. Have no idea now old they are. I got them from my grand father when he passed away.
Cutting belt hole.
Motor saga
Got this motor in but didn't check that it worked first!
Non-working switch - but didn't know that at the time.
Motor came for my grand fathers table saw/joiner
Motor came for my grand fathers table saw/joiner
Second motor couldn't get it to spin in the correct direction.
Measured the ohms to figure out the reverse wiring but it just wouldn't run.
When that didn't work: experimental wiring configurations just popped the ground fault.
Third motor - has a reverse it's a bit bigger @ 1/2 hp.
Doesn't fit in the space very well - as the reverse switch hits the top of the cabinet.
So removed it from the base and rotated it.
Motor spins at 3750 rpm so it's way too fast.
Has a 5/8" shaft and the other two motors are 1/2" so couldn't use smaller pulley
that I have on hand to slow it down.
Doesn't fit in the space very well - as the reverse switch hits the top of the cabinet.
So removed it from the base and rotated it.
Motor spins at 3750 rpm so it's way too fast.
Has a 5/8" shaft and the other two motors are 1/2" so couldn't use smaller pulley
that I have on hand to slow it down.
Back to the first 1/4 hp motor.
Figured out it had a bad switch. After removing the switch I figured just test it before putting it back in.. Jumped off the table and crashed onto the floor and bent the shaft. Luckily that shaft spin's direction isn't the one I'm looking for. In the future I might be able to add reverse but will save that wiring experiment/experience for another time...
Need to find a five pulley arrangement to match the lathe to make speed adjustments easier.
Putting oak feet on
Oak is from some random board hanging around in my basement that pre-dates my living in the home. Likely from holding up the old hvac duck-work.
Tailstock Clamp Nut
Lathe had lost it's tailstock clamp nut- these washers didn't work very well as they hit the webbing and you can't move the tail stock without taking it all apart each time you need a different location.
I took a lot of fidgeting to get that sucker to slide and work correctly.
Making Parts
Wife and I taking a wood spinning class
Making it's/my first part on this lathe
Paddle Switch
Used this design for the safety Paddle Switch
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