The lathe is largely complete & looks at if it was originally drven by a flat belt from an overhead shaft. It came to us with a 3/4HP 1425RPM electric motor which I repaired last year (the centrifugal contact which disconnects the starter coils once operating speed has been reached had siezed).
We intend to make up an overhead shaft & mount it above the lathe on the joists of the floor above the lathe, this layshaft will be driven from the motor via a vee belt. I'm thinking that the motor will be mounted on the wall behind the lathe... but that might change as things progress...
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