I usually use my lathe out in the shop to turn necks, but I would rather do this in my reloading room in the basement of my home.
I found an excellent deal on some AC Gear motors. 40 inch pounds of torque and 117 RPM....PERFECT!
I bought one and removed the main shaft which was easily done by removing the gear cover. I chucked it up in my lathe and threaded it 1/2-20 for a drill chuck I bought at Horrible Freight for $3.....
Wired it up and man does this thing work great! The speed is perfect, any faster and the heat builds up rapidly on the brass. Plenty of power. Can not stall it with the largest cut. It will actually twist the brass before it stalls!
Extremely smooth running motor. I chucked up a piece of drill rod about 12" long and there was nearly zero visual run-out at the end.....
Let me know what you think....Is there a market for these at $200 each?
I still need to put it into some type of bracket or case.........Stay tuned!
More pictures here:
http://public.fotki.com/Rbertalotto/gunsmithing-reloading/
I found an excellent deal on some AC Gear motors. 40 inch pounds of torque and 117 RPM....PERFECT!
I bought one and removed the main shaft which was easily done by removing the gear cover. I chucked it up in my lathe and threaded it 1/2-20 for a drill chuck I bought at Horrible Freight for $3.....
Wired it up and man does this thing work great! The speed is perfect, any faster and the heat builds up rapidly on the brass. Plenty of power. Can not stall it with the largest cut. It will actually twist the brass before it stalls!
Extremely smooth running motor. I chucked up a piece of drill rod about 12" long and there was nearly zero visual run-out at the end.....
Let me know what you think....Is there a market for these at $200 each?
I still need to put it into some type of bracket or case.........Stay tuned!
More pictures here:
http://public.fotki.com/Rbertalotto/gunsmithing-reloading/
