Replacing the control board with or without replacing the motor. I like matching the control board the the motor. I found most control boards fail because either dust or pood design. Next is owner playing with board. Voltage spikes can be problem in some location but power strip with protection should work. I found yearly cleaning of boards exstens the life includes my mini lathe control board, welders , PC tower and my home's AC Please comment on your experiences with boards. {The DC motor have about 6 adjustments . Most mini lathes I seen only has 3 you can adjust 1. Low speed 2. High speed 3 . Max Torque. The rest are per set on board like 4. Torque acceleration 5. Breaking 6. Slope speed increase There some boards 6 adjustments 1. Low speed 2. High speed 3 . Max Torque. 4. Torque acceleration 5. Breaking 6. Slope speed increase There are are few more but almost never seen or better way not need a engineering going wild. The brushless has about same thing but a little different Like speed increases is slowly increasing the frequency. I know more but have had must do with brushless.} Dave

Look at improve the longevity of the mini lathe motor. I see a lot members having motors problems. Now is from environmental , operator , motor control board or motor errors? FYI There are two basic type use on mini lathes DC motor and brushless aka {electronic 3 phase} motor. This only on the DC type. Please post how fix or you replace motor. Dave

Had a crash awhile back while using a milling bit on my Grizzly 7x12 mini lathe. Motor stalled and fuse blew. I put in a new fuse, but motor won't run. Are there any other circuit breakers/fuses that could be the problem? Or, am I looking at a blown motor?

This just FYI. My temperature for this month was 79°F thank God for AC My mini lathe is a small shop without AC so have to other things. I only bring up heating because it can have a effect on your motors and you. I know some think humans are powerful. The last time I saw heat like this was 1972 when I was working as a iron worker. I did Iron work when I in high school and college. It paid for college and a nice machine shop tools. But outside in the heat. So if born after 1972 you think it is hot. You have to go back 1905 for hotter days. To cool off earth try a few big volcanos this lower to earth temperature by few degrees. I did not know if humans has any thing to do with the temperature increase is about all say on subject. I look pass Dave

Whole lot of “maybes” in that article. Also says the excess water will be up there for “maybe 10-15 years”, while if you read the actual paper is says “maybe 5-10 years”, so who know what orifice the reporter pulled those numbers from. Meanwhile CO2 hangs around for a 1000 years. Maybe people would take notice if we fired off a massive volcano every decade instead. Tony

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The Vevor 7x14 lathe I bought has no parts list and does not always match what is on other mini lathes. The quality of the parts has not always been the best. The keyway in the shaft for the "A" timing gear is not centered and does not allow the gear to go on without a lot of force. I need to prey it off with a screwdriver which takes a lot of one side/other side reps. The plastic timing gear are VERY tight on the shafts. The timing belt has 90 teeth rather then the standard 70. If I knew all of this before I bought it I would have passed on it. Has anyone else had any problems?

i've followed the thread about changing motors why do we not see reeves drives with a standard ac motor i think they're used on some wood lathes and larger mills i used to work on them for driving positive displacement pumps they're non-electronic and very simple

It seems like the motor / speed control is a common issue with the 7" and 8" mini lathes, but I don't see many motor / speed control projects discussed. I follow several different small lathe forums as I find info for one is often useful for another. Motor swaps, are a common topic of discussion with other lathes from Unimats to 9x20. Am I just not noticing this here, or is this just not a popular mod with these lathes for some reason.