lostpines
Plastic
- Joined
- Mar 28, 2011
- Location
- central Texas
I have a Sharp 1764T Lathe that was designed without a clutch/brake. Just on or off to the 7 1/5 hp motor which on start up draws over 50 amps without a load other than the chuck and rpms above 1000 then trips the breaker. I've come to understand that a lathe of this size usually has a clutch and the motor keeps running when the spindle is stopped with the stop and start lever on the carriage so it doesn't have to start from a dead stop. It does have a manual brake stop foot pedal. What's a good solution for this? I see DC Clutch/brakes are available and there is room for one to be installed on this lathe. It might mess with the manual brake though but I could work around that.Suggestions? Thanks.