On 16 June 2015 at 00:44, Gene Heskett <ghesk...@wdtv.com> wrote: >> The spindle speed is likely to be too slow for any work that you (or >> I) can lift. > > Good point, I can't begin to lift the chuck itself. My back is too far > gone.
To expand on that, my 1930s Colchester Triumph has spindle speeds (if I recall correctly) from 14 to 320 rpm. An older lather (pre high-speed-steel) might well be even slower. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users