Making a Shopsmith Mark V Homemade Metal Lathe

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Re: Making a Shopsmith Mark V Homemade Metal Lathe

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backhertz wrote: Sun Jun 20, 2021 11:37 pm Visited Bill a number of times years ago. Every time I visited, he taught me things he came up with over the years to improve the Shopsmith.

First lesson was taking the headstock motor apart & pulling out the start winding leads to connect to a DTDP switch. The switch allowed reverse, as well as forwarded operation. Went ahead & modified about a dozen motors for him.

That’s one example of many. Before I left the first time he surprised me by giving me the carriage sled shown in the thread he posted.

RIP Bill
OK Backhertz spill the beans.
I searched the forums and this is the only reference I find to rewiring a shopsmith to run in reverse. (powerpro excepted of course)
So a couple questions. Is this mod for a Mark V or 10ER?
If it's for a Mark V, are there any limitations to the drive? (threaded accessories might have some of course)
Any pictures or diagrams?

Thanks in advance
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Re: Making a Shopsmith Mark V Homemade Metal Lathe

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A potential problem is that gaining access to the internal splices to separate the start winding wires may be impossible. That IS the case with the current Emerson motor. Will try to locate pertinent thread for other motors.
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JPG wrote: Wed Aug 11, 2021 7:53 am A potential problem is that gaining access to the internal splices to separate the start winding wires may be impossible. That IS the case with the current Emerson motor. An unusual example = viewtopic.php?t=14341
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