Recent content by tschmitt

Thank you for the pictures, that was one option I had pictured in my mind as well. The chuck being threaded was the reason I am having my local machine shop build me a custom backing plate so it can be run cw or ccw and attach to whatever size shaft I end up going with. The style lathe chuck...

Thank you! I saw those as well, lol its annoying when they cross label things sometimes.

I am going to pass but thank you for the offer, I appreciate it. Most of my parts will be here in the next day or two.

Yup its pretty crazy how cheap they can find a way to make things nowadays lol.

The two pillow block bearings do seem to be a better fit for what I am trying to accomplish. I like that they have the locking set screw to hold the shaft as well so would make it simpler.

Thank you, I'll do some checking on the double row ac bearing setup and see.

Lol I'll look it over and see. I've already got most of the parts I need for this build, just a matter of putting it all together now once I get a few more kinks figured out.

Sounds good!

You're welcome to send me a link to what it is and I'll be happy to look at it, lol never know, I might be able to find a use for it.

Thanks for the offer but I already have a motor on the way lol, sounds like a neat little lathe though.

Thank you! After researching it I will most likely sandwich two flange style pillow brackets between the 1/4 steel plate I am using for the 8mm shaft. I will do some research on the belt types recommended. Thanks again

Hmmm, I haven't looked into anything like that. Any recommendations on pulleys/belt/o-ring you would look into given the parameters I laid out? The small pulley sizes are making it a little hard to find something to work given the space.

Its going to be spinning the shaft of a distributor so not a lot of torque required but need to reach RPMs of about 1500-2500 RPMs tops. The space between the motor and pulley set up is going to be pretty tight (less than 6" between shaft to shaft) so the pulleys will be small in diameter, I am...

Thank you very much! I will do some research and see what I can come up with.