New motor for Carbatec mini lathe

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panini

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I need advice I have an old Carbatec mini lathe with motor not mounted to the lathe. Would I use the PSI Variable Speed Midi Lathe Conversion Kit on it? The old Leeson motor finally died, to get a new motor and shipping it would cost and arm and a leg. I'll using it mostly to drill blanks.
 
I used an old fan motor from a heating system (junk).

Added the different size hubs and had speed control by belt movement.

Cheap, semi-efficient, should certainly be adaptable for drilling.

Had to put a plug on the motor, but that was not real challenging.
 
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