That lathe is in beautiful condition Mark. Very similar to my mini lathe, which has a front panel the same as the one you're fitting. I would have expected a much higher speed than you're getting. My lathe has a high and low range lever on the back of the headstock, with a spindle range 50 - 2500 rpm. The lever moves gears across inside the headstock. I'm mostly using the lathe at around 650 rpm in low range, with more rpm available in low. Cheers Nobby
@@nobbysworkshop Thanks Nobby, since filming I realised the motor I fitted was too low power, I do have a high and low gear. I do have another future video coming up which corrects the speed issue. 👍
I'm surprised this came without a reverse. Anyway, my Micro-Mark 7x14 from over 16 years ago has a hi-lo lever on the back of the headstock. I just ran it...Low tops out at 1180 RPM and High at 2720 RPM. I don't use High, but if you ever want to use carbide you'll want 700+. I've used 1000 for polishing.
@@mk6595 the lathe does have a reverse and high and low, I probably didn’t make that clear in the video, the forward and reverse I referred to in the video was the electronic forward and reverse. Thanks 👍
That lathe is in beautiful condition Mark. Very similar to my mini lathe, which has a front panel the same as the one you're fitting. I would have expected a much higher speed than you're getting. My lathe has a high and low range lever on the back of the headstock, with a spindle range 50 - 2500 rpm. The lever moves gears across inside the headstock. I'm mostly using the lathe at around 650 rpm in low range, with more rpm available in low. Cheers Nobby
@@nobbysworkshop Thanks Nobby, since filming I realised the motor I fitted was too low power, I do have a high and low gear. I do have another future video coming up which corrects the speed issue. 👍
Nice work sir. Looks like a nice lathe. Good upgrades
@@RustyInventions-wz6ir thank You
Great video. Regards Stephen in Melbourne Australia. Subscribed.
@@s.hutton2100 thank you
I'm surprised this came without a reverse. Anyway, my Micro-Mark 7x14 from over 16 years ago has a hi-lo lever on the back of the headstock. I just ran it...Low tops out at 1180 RPM and High at 2720 RPM. I don't use High, but if you ever want to use carbide you'll want 700+. I've used 1000 for polishing.
@@mk6595 the lathe does have a reverse and high and low, I probably didn’t make that clear in the video, the forward and reverse I referred to in the video was the electronic forward and reverse. Thanks 👍
I suppose you will quickly find out if the low topspeed is a problem or not. And if it is, I'm sure you will fix it.
@@Rustinox Thank you, I do have a future me video coming to show the fix 👍👍
i think you probably need to add zero to the numbers you see. that was not 325 rpm that was more like 3k.
@@mike9500 👍