John Fontaine

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Jay - do you have an extra 80 single arm that you don't need? LMK. Thanks!

NismoSkyline17

You could always buy a Turbo 35 GFX to power it. The LRP Pulsar Pro is a great charger, as the motor run in option, and much cheaper.

John Fontaine

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I have a GFX, but sometimes it's in use charging a battery and you have to wait to break in a motor or cut a comm. Plugging directly to a power supply is very easy, and always available. That's why I want the 80x1 arm

jaysimpson

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John...you got a pm

raving-monkey

for my lathe i just use an old 6 cell pack i found lying around.

as its a bit crappy and fairly old it doesn't make the arm spin to much and with the diamond tip i get a lovely finish

edit: since when have you had an oil 6 cell pack

Jon Kerr

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I just took an old stock motor arm and put it in a modified motor can and turned the timing down a bit. The bearings help keep it running smooth for a lot longer than a stock motor with bushings and lowering the timing keeps it from needing to be rebuilt for a LONG time. The 80X1 is a good idea if you have to use 12 volts but if you can use a 4 volt setting on a charger or even a 3-4 cell pack, I'd go with that. Just seems easier and less$$$ if you have the stuff laying around.

shortygy

The best thing I have found is the integy 55 turn motor it can be run directly off of a 12v power supply and is easily available.

http://integy.automated-shops.com/cg...06104397361.13

It is around 25$ and is very cool to have. It is also available from speedtechrc

http://64.70.208.72/speedtechrc/25.html

raving-monkey

thats what came in my eagle lathe. (integy in US i think)

it is a pretty good motor, as it is only needed for powering the lathe.

Bony85

so is this motor definately meant to use 12 volts even on the integy/eagle lathes, this may explain why my lathe has never cut brilliantly