Victorian lathe rescue.

[EdToo]

Rather than flooding your thread with my build I've started a new one for my lathe.

https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/threads/victorian-lathe-project.133865/

 

[t8hants]

I will be very interested to follow your rebuild, especially the use of the treadmill motor. I am reading its data plate correctly that it thunders round at 4800 rpm. I don't have any stepped pulleys with mine just a twin v belt pulley, so any speed adjustment will need to be done off the lathe. Great stuff.

 

[dickm]

Converted from leather round belts like treadle sewing machines use.

Wondered about that. Wonder what shape were the grooves on the multi-speed pulley. Seem to remember that Mrs M's treadle sewing machine had rounded, rather than V-shaped grooves on the drive pulley, but that was 55 years ago!