Recent content by Hawkenwald

Thanks for the response. I'm not entirely sure of the capacitors value affecting the motor speed but I do have past experience of dead capacitors stopping motors from rotating. Hence my assumption. I attach the photo of my motor label. I was told that the particular factory that made it has...

If you or a friend are planning a vacation in USA you'll get imperial sizes over there. Maybe not very practical, but you never know......

Reckon you'll have to steam clean it, then leave it to get bleached by sunlight. ( I thought resin drives were supposed to be impervious to such things ) Good luck.

Hi everyone, I recently bought a wood lathe and have got it running again. During my first experiment at turning I had to engage the highest speed which, though adequate to achieve an acceptable finish, didn't seem fast enough. The motor capacitor looked too clean to be the original so I'm...