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Maui that is a beautiful old lathe I can smell the cutting oil and the smooth tic tic of the link in the belt from the otherside of the world I can see from you pictures you have a back gear so your all good for low range but the mass of weight in the spindle may give your smaller motor a hard...

Um no you are correct in what you said in layman's terms Old Motor / Old Drive (old school electrics) don't vary speed to much Old Motor / Modern Drive may give you grief with noise and over heating of windings cook the motor etc New Motor with Matched Drive Welcome to the Digital Age...

Maui can you post a link to an image of your style of machine please ? If your lathe is still fitted with a back gear simply use the middle pulley of the speed range and fit any sort of VFD it will get you going to play with and gain experience with I will not go back to any other sort of...

2" Roloc Flap discs are available and they work really well Regards

Watch out for the old angle iron frame a and drop it on some silicone beads trick Near impossible to get it out again and the lovely dirt track where all the food crumbs can gather in a classic bug trap The wife will hate you for it and You will have to clean it out (yes I made that mistake )

Just a suggestion but run the bead of silicone on the side of the cross braces ie like a large fillet weld You can cut it much easier and remove the top if you are dealing with Large slabs / Weight

Google Kunai impact wrencheshttp://www.addemsairtools.com.au/category/impactwrenches/kuaniimpactwrenches/ Or Shinano Impact wrencheshttp://www.addemsairtools.com.au/category/impactwrenches/shinanoimpactwrenches/ Believe me they are the best tools my team ever used in a production enviroment...

Sorry for the newbie post but yes you can rent portable milling machines etc Google on site machining etc I dont know where you are in the world but linky here to some piccies and the style of machines etc http://www.bljinsitusolutions.com.au/situ-machining Yes they are basic but if you are...