tumbleweed676
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Nova DVR Lathe on sale at Woodcraft.
yeah,,, trying to convince SWMBO that I need it. but....She keeps saying "you always say you want a Jet, now you want something different...; make up your mind"
Dave; The DVR has no belts! it runs from minimum to maximum speed with no belt changes and has full torque at all speeds. It is fully electronic, not a reeves drive.
The only negative I have is that the speed control has 5 speeds you can preset, and a continuously variable speed. It is a bit clumsy. The speed control consists of an up and a down button (arrow). Press up to raise the speed, press down to lower the speed. It takes a while to change speeds if you just want to ramp the speed by major amounts. You can switch to a preset speed, and then ramp the speed from there, but as I said it is a bit clumsy. I would rather see a set up where after you hold down the button for say 3-5 seconds that the ramp increment increases.
How is the nova lathe in comparison to other full sized lathes. Especially when turning things other than pens.
Dave; The DVR has no belts! it runs from minimum to maximum speed with no belt changes and has full torque at all speeds. It is fully electronic, not a reeves drive.
The only negative I have is that the speed control has 5 speeds you can preset, and a continuously variable speed. It is a bit clumsy. The speed control consists of an up and a down button (arrow). Press up to raise the speed, press down to lower the speed. It takes a while to change speeds if you just want to ramp the speed by major amounts. You can switch to a preset speed, and then ramp the speed from there, but as I said it is a bit clumsy. I would rather see a set up where after you hold down the button for say 3-5 seconds that the ramp increment increases.
I have the one with the belts, I just wish you could just buy the dvr head and swap the head out =(