Got my lathe finally.

[hanau]

My shop fox lathe finally came in and started to clean the cosmoline off of it.

Purchased this one since i was happy with their 8" jointer made by them.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001R23TD0/ref=oss_product

Thing was a lot heaver than i thought it would be and a little bigger than i thought it would be.

Ship weight was 100lbs and it felt every bit of it if not more(UPS guy even agreed with that). Packing was a cardboard box with Styrofoam packing.

The cover over the belt was the only thing that got damaged calling Tuesday for a replacement.

Was going to put it on a shelf under the bench and move it when I needed to use it.

Now i have to find a stand or build a stand to put it on.

Anyone have any good suggestions on building one?

I was a HF today and notice a router speed control. Has anyone used one on a lathe so they could have a variable speed control?

http://www.harborfreight.com/router-speed-control-43060.html

John

 

[ldb2000]

Good luck with your new lathe . You can NOT use a router speed control with most lathes . Most lathes use an AC motor which can not be controlled by varying the voltage (in fact , you can damage the motor by trying) . Router speed controls only work on DC motors which the voltage controls the motor speed .