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Posted by Wayne Cook on May 13, 2006, 11:58 pm
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>This is an appeal for info from Wayne Cook.
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>Wayne,
> I have a 15"X 96" Sidney belt drive very similar to your 19" X 96".
>Mine however did not come with the electric motor/clutch drive that I
>viewed with your machine. I trying to figure out how to drive mine. I
>have been unable to find a manual or info for my lathe. Did your drive
>come with your machine? Do you have any manuals on your machine? Any
>suggestions. Thanks. Jim
Unfortunately the drive on my lathe is one of a kind made by a man
named Jim Vearner. He was the father of my former employer Don Vearner
who is about 80 years old at this time. I have no manuals or any other
info on my lathe other than the brass tags that are mounted on the
machine itself. However if it will help you I'm more than happy to
snap a pic or describe the info on the tags.
As for the drive well there's lots of ways to go about this. Mine
has a gearbox made specifically for the adapting of a line shaft
driven machine to a self contained drive (unfortunately I think they
stopped making these back in the 30's or so). A transmission is
definitely nice and a it's definitely possible to modify a good manual
car or truck transmission for this service. But it will require some
work (a good bit of it lathe work) to make a good build out of it.
If there's anything I can do to help just let me know. Please be
patient since I'm rather multitasked out at the moment with my wife in
the hospital.
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>Wayne,
> I have a 15"X 96" Sidney belt drive very similar to your 19" X 96".
>Mine however did not come with the electric motor/clutch drive that I
>viewed with your machine. I trying to figure out how to drive mine. I
>have been unable to find a manual or info for my lathe. Did your drive
>come with your machine? Do you have any manuals on your machine? Any
>suggestions. Thanks. Jim