Wood lathe from washing machine motor - video

Wood lathe from washing machine motor. By Crafty Dude Diy's. 11:03 video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TeZcLfWv5KE

Well, that answers my internal pondering about whether an old washing machine motor would be suitable for a woodturning lathe.

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Originally Posted by black echo

Well, that answers my internal pondering about whether an old washing machine motor would be suitable for a woodturning lathe.

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Well that is what I would call a real "WOOD" lathe.

By the way washing machine motors are usually fairly robust however most of them are open frame. As such they are hard to suggest for a dust generator like this.