Benzine
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| posted on 21/3/12 at 11:21 PM |
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Mounting lathe motor on wall
I was occasionally looking for metal lathes on ebay by distances nearest and I noticed one <5 miles away. I phoned to arrange viewing and turns out
it's the next street in the village. It's old and awesome and definitely locost, he showed me it working and it came with boxes of
tools/spares. The motor was mounted on his wall and the weight of the motor tensions the belt. He had a brick ledge that took most of the weight which
I don't have. I need to mount it above the lathe now it's back in my garage but I've never done anything with masonry, not even a
rawl plug. The motor came with two brackets with a hole in each about 8mm across. How can I mount it to the wall? I could easily weld up some more
brackets if it helps spread the load.
[Edited on 21-3-2012 by Benzine]
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paulf
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| posted on 21/3/12 at 11:30 PM |
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I would drill another couple of holes and mount it using 4 8mm expansion bolts, just make sure the hole centres a spaced to be central in the bricks
if possible.
Paul
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owelly
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| posted on 21/3/12 at 11:33 PM |
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My lathe is a flat belt drive and the motor is bracketted off the back if the headstock. The main frame is drilled and tapped to hold the steelwork
and it supports the motor.
http://www.ppcmag.co.uk
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ReMan
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| posted on 22/3/12 at 08:11 AM |
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Holy Health and Safety comittees Batman 
www.plusnine.co.uk
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Phil.J
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| posted on 22/3/12 at 08:40 AM |
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If the wall is also the house wall, be prepared for grumbles from 'er in doors about the constant humming noise throughout the house!
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fazerruss
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| posted on 22/3/12 at 08:48 AM |
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Youre garage wall looks like single brick which is not ideal for bolting stuff to as you will probably blow the brick face when drilling.
The best way would be to drill the hole in the mortar and use either long bolts or thread bar to go right through the brick with body washers on the
out side effectively clamping the motor to the wall but downside is the bolt heads will be visible on the outside.
although it will be a strong solution.
"if assholes could fly this place would be an airport"
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Peteff
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| posted on 22/3/12 at 09:05 AM |
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Make a metal frame to carry the motor and bolt it to the floor.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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Benzine
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| posted on 22/3/12 at 09:22 AM |
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Thanks for all the ideas. I think I'll go with some sort of a metal frame, don't want to risk messing up the brickwork (outside wall is on
neighbours side too so can't go right through the bricks) Also a frame means if we move house (likely in the next couple of years) it'll
be easy to set up again.
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