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Thread: Slow Speed Feed for the Mini Lathe...Use a DC Gear Motor 1 to 5 rpm Lead Screw feed

Dec 23, 2018, 07:18 AM #6

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Thanks guys, excellent information. Since I only have a lead screw it would second as my feed screw.
I had added a hand wheel to the right end of it for "fine feed". That was never fine or consistent enough for me.
Which is why I added the DC motor to the lead screw.

I have found that the speed can certainly be too slow for the steel I was testing it on.
I will have to experiment with other gears and speed it up a bit.

Thanks again,
Cheers, JR

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