JonteJsson

Hi!
I am going to buy a comm lathe ...
I wonder if I have got to use a 4cell battery pack or can I power it with my power supply??

Regards/ JonteJsson

True R/C Racing

u can use a power supply if its like 2-4Volts. A 4 Cell pack should be fine though. HOpe this helps

A-Ko

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4 cell pack works perfect.

JonteJsson

Yeah that helped me very much ...

Mike F

what kind of charger do you have? If you have something like the LRP competition charger, you can use that to power a lathe

AdR|aN

If the instructions ask for 4 cells to power your lathe, you can get a power supply to supply not more then 5v. It must be able to provide 5 amp of supply

Hope it helps

JonteJsson

I have not got a good charger ... Yet .. IŽll buy the compeition in the beginneing of the summer or maybe earlier ..

Tommy Bergfeldt

I use my Pulsar Comp at 7.2 volts or 6 cell pack.
Works fine with the motor that was with my Hudy lathe

JonteJsson

Then if I put a stock motor in my lathe .. I can power it with my usual 3000/3300 accus !?

popsracer

JonteJsson;

You can use a Stock Motor for a Lathe drive Motor. Much, faster than you need to turn the Arm for cutting. You might want to go with a 3 cell pack or (3.6V) to keep the rpm's down.
Otherwise, there are companies that sell high turn slave Motors just for Lathe applications.

What does everyone else think?

jaysimpson

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Contact Banzai Motors and get them to wind a 80 x 1. You can power it with you 12 volt supply and it is perfect. You just adjust the timing to fine tune the RPM range you want.

John Fontaine

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Where have I heard that before??

jaysimpson

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LOL, Yeah I wonder

David Root

I use an OLD stock motor, it has to run backwards for my lathe, so it runs pretty slow on 4 cells. I like 3 cells better, but 4 works fine. Integy makes a 55 turn lathe motor for 12 volts, the 80 turn posted earlier is also good. I am too cheap so I just use my crummiest stocker and a 4 cell pack.

I also have a 5 volt tap off my computer power supply I use for my chargers. This works great also.

David Root

jaysimpson

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The problem with the 55t is still doesn't produce the quality of cut the 80t does because of the smoothness of the 80t. The key to the 80t is it runs so smoothly and causes less vibration in the lathe.