Hi everyone, I have an old edgwick and theres a lot to love about it. I run my own business and I use this lathe so much for making or modifying motorcycle parts.
There is only one thing I would change and thats the speed of the lead screw. Even when I have it on its slowest setting, its still too fast.
I need help to do this because my knowledge of gears is a little sketchy. Now the idler gear and the driven gear are the same size and the driver gear is real small be comparison.
These are the dimensions as I measure them:-
Driver - 50.6mm OD x 22T
Idler - 143.8 OD x 66T
Driven - 143.8 x 66T
I do totally understand that I will not buy a gear conversion kit for this lathe and I "think" I will need to move the pivot point of the idler gear, which is fine.
I'm not really understanding what "type / size" of gears I have here so I can seek out or have replacements made. Everything will be imperial and that kind of adds another level of complexity for me!
I would really appreciate some help from whoever would like to dig into this conversion.
Thanks, Dan.
There is only one thing I would change and thats the speed of the lead screw. Even when I have it on its slowest setting, its still too fast.
I need help to do this because my knowledge of gears is a little sketchy. Now the idler gear and the driven gear are the same size and the driver gear is real small be comparison.
These are the dimensions as I measure them:-
Driver - 50.6mm OD x 22T
Idler - 143.8 OD x 66T
Driven - 143.8 x 66T
I do totally understand that I will not buy a gear conversion kit for this lathe and I "think" I will need to move the pivot point of the idler gear, which is fine.
I'm not really understanding what "type / size" of gears I have here so I can seek out or have replacements made. Everything will be imperial and that kind of adds another level of complexity for me!
I would really appreciate some help from whoever would like to dig into this conversion.
Thanks, Dan.