It all depends on the speed. At maximum speed, when the duty cycle is at maximum, any further loading will cause the motor to lose speed to undertake the new torque requirement. If there is duty cycle available, the speed control loop will take over and adjust the duty cycle to compensate for the increase in load. All of this will happen regardless of what the material being cut is. I don't do a whole lot of steel even on my larger lathe, so that is not something I would do a lot on this small lathe. But my gut feeling tells me you could do steel as well. Do note, however, this lathe is not incredibly powerful to begin with, so it is what it is. Hope that makes sense!
It is the Flipsky 6374. They have two speed constant factor winding versions: 140KV and 190KV. Either should work, although the 190KV will give you higher speed at the same voltage, than the 140KV. There are other 6374 motors out there, but a bunch of them come with 10 mm shaft which would have required further mechanics or different belt pulleys. Hope the info helps!
I can already hear the motor bogging down with very light cuts on aluminum. How does it handle heavy cuts in steel?
It all depends on the speed. At maximum speed, when the duty cycle is at maximum, any further loading will cause the motor to lose speed to undertake the new torque requirement. If there is duty cycle available, the speed control loop will take over and adjust the duty cycle to compensate for the increase in load. All of this will happen regardless of what the material being cut is. I don't do a whole lot of steel even on my larger lathe, so that is not something I would do a lot on this small lathe. But my gut feeling tells me you could do steel as well. Do note, however, this lathe is not incredibly powerful to begin with, so it is what it is. Hope that makes sense!
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What motor brand, name, part number?
It is the Flipsky 6374. They have two speed constant factor winding versions: 140KV and 190KV. Either should work, although the 190KV will give you higher speed at the same voltage, than the 140KV. There are other 6374 motors out there, but a bunch of them come with 10 mm shaft which would have required further mechanics or different belt pulleys. Hope the info helps!