PaulDoug
Member
Anyone here turn pens on a Nova 1624 Lathe and if so how do you like it for pen turning?
Thanks
Thanks
Nova Lathe
- Thread starter PaulDoug
- Start date
Signed-In Members Don't See This Ad
Signed-In Members Don't See This Ad
Ligget
Member
I have the Nova DVR xp that is my main penturning lathe and I love it
]
]
mitchm
Member
Have to agree Mark, my DVR XP is excellent!
Mike
Mike
One thing I am curious about since I have never seen a Nova DVR XP in operation is how noisy are they?
Variable Reluctance Motors are also referred to as Switched Reluctance Motors which I have been experimenting with at work. One thing that we have discovered is that these motors tend to be noisy compared to more conventional motors. There are ways to use wave shaping to quiet them down, but we have yet to explore that.
I have been tempted to buy a DVR XP, but would not like it if it was really noisy.
Variable Reluctance Motors are also referred to as Switched Reluctance Motors which I have been experimenting with at work. One thing that we have discovered is that these motors tend to be noisy compared to more conventional motors. There are ways to use wave shaping to quiet them down, but we have yet to explore that.
I have been tempted to buy a DVR XP, but would not like it if it was really noisy.
PaulDoug
Member
I don't really know being I have never seen one in person. If you go to teknatools website there are some short video that may give you a clue.
M
Mudder
Guest
Huh?
My DVR is just as quite as my Jet mini.
M
Mudder
Guest
No squeal from my lathe. The noise is a little different while she "winds up" but I've never noticed anything noisy about my lathe. If you want you can PM me your phone number and I'll call you while I'm standing at the lathe and wind her up full blast so you can hear it. then I'll turn on the Jet mini for a comparison. 
mitchm
Member
My DVR is actually very quiet. A lot less noise than my previous Jet 1236!
BigShed
Member
Quite a few members on our Oz WW forum have the Nova 1624 and it always gets very good reports.
Thanks for all the info.
We have been working on motors that will work in a 400F ambient environment which leaves out anything with a magnet. So far DVR motors seem the only plausible method, we have run them in up to 700F ambient. I think that I need to drag the lead engineer down to Woodcraft and make him listen to a DVR XP in operation. The current motors howl like doomed things and he insists that's the best you can get with a DVR motor.
The program manager actually is tempted to buy a few DVR XPs just for the motor and controller to experiment with then selling them for scrap when we are done! Maybe I can pick up a cheap DVR XP...
We have been working on motors that will work in a 400F ambient environment which leaves out anything with a magnet. So far DVR motors seem the only plausible method, we have run them in up to 700F ambient. I think that I need to drag the lead engineer down to Woodcraft and make him listen to a DVR XP in operation. The current motors howl like doomed things and he insists that's the best you can get with a DVR motor.
The program manager actually is tempted to buy a few DVR XPs just for the motor and controller to experiment with then selling them for scrap when we are done! Maybe I can pick up a cheap DVR XP...