Well, about 6 weeks ago I was trying to use the Sherline lathe to learn to turn a piece of aluminum stock down to .5 inches and I burned out the stock motor. I guess taking off 3 mlls at a time was just too much for it. I was using a new, sharp HSS bit so I don't think I did anything wrong. I was running about 350 rpm and the curl was coming off really great when the motor just stopped..with a big stink of burned magnet wire. Took the motor apart and the white stuff around the armature...
New Precision Matthews 1022V lathe!
New Precision Matthews 1022V lathe!