Drill Lathe Mk 1 Mod 0

[Johnny Farnen]

Well I built the Mod 2 version. Reinforced the headstock and added a speed controller. Turned a few pieces of bass wood for practice. Was going along just fine when I let the smoke out. Turns out the rheostat was not actually rated at 20 amps, it was mislabeled and rated at 5 amps. Given the peak draw on the drill motor, I let the smoke out of the controller. Back to the drawing board!