Oneway 1224, lowest RPM and cabinet vibrations

[Steve Tiedman]

2 questions. I'm considering purchasing a Oneway 1224...

1- Lowest RPM is not necessarily a priority (more of a curiosity than a hard requirement), but the claim of 50-2000 and 100-4000 rpm (Oneway's site), are those low numbers accurate? The closest I could find researching was an 8-year-old youtube video where the owner clocked 90rpm as the lowest. He also clocked over 4000rpm in the same clip, so he was on the high speed pulleys. It seems his machine should then run 45rpm on the slow pulleys. Has anyone else reliably clocked the rpm of this lathe?

View: https://youtu.be/jMnLcfAtrns?si=Qz2wO5z-X1rMJqIL


2- The heavy sheet metal stand, does anyone notice vibration noise coming from those large pieces of sheet metal? If so, I think I could quell them easy enough. Again, more of a curiosity.

Thanks,
Steve.

 

[Richard Coers]

A call to Oneway would go a long way for you. Super friendly and helpful folks there!

 

[robo hippy]

I have done a couple of demos on one of those, and the club that had it sold it and got a Jet 16 inch lathe. When turning bowls on it, it felt under powered for a 1 hp motor. Not sure if I was turning on high speed range or low speed range. I do need the lower speeds, like 10 to 15 rpm for sanding my warped bowls.

robo hippy

 

[Aaron Harris]

Our club, Carolina Mountain Woodturners, has 11 of these 12-inch OneWays in our Turning Learning Center. I have turned on a few of them. I don't recall any excess vibration, though of course it would struggle with bigger, heavier blanks. From my experience, it is probably the sturdiest lathe I have turned on in the 12-inch/MIDI class. They are very impressive machines for their size-it is a OneWay, after all. I don't know about minimum and maximum rpms, as its hard to tell without a digital readout.

 

[odie]

I do need the lower speeds, like 10 to 15 rpm for sanding my warped bowls.

Howdy robo.....

When I first viewed this thread, I was asking myself why would a turner want a speed slower than 100rpm. Your post explaining why you need to go as slow as 10rpm explains that, and anyone who has had warped bowls can easily understand why very slow speeds are necessary for this.

-o-

 

[Steve Tiedman]

Thanks for your replies. This afternoon I called up to Canada and got myself in line to build a 1224. 220v, 24" bed extension, and the RFI filter for the drive. (I've installed them on my three DC driven Vicmarcs in the past, and yes, radio interference from the drives was a problem without them, even my neighbors got interference from me.)

It will be joining my one remaining lathe, a 1.5hp DC Vicmarc VL200 shortbed. Once the 1224 arrives, after some time I'll decide if I want to keep both or move the Vicmarc down the road. They will complement each other nicely, though.

I did plenty of shadetree engineering work in my mind, and even conversed with Vicmarc about a bed extension for the VL200. No-go on both fronts. Plan B, buy a long bed lathe. Went to Canada because I didn't want the overseas alternatives. I'll admit Record Power (around half the price) had a firm grip on my attention until I confirmed country of origin.

Ironic- a few years ago I sold off my VL300 shortbed with 36" extension, I just wasn't using it for longer work and I used the VL200 more often. And now I bought another lathe that can handle longer work. Figures.

Oh, 4-6 months (yes, months) lead time direct from Oneway right now. Some retailers may have unsold inventory in line ahead of me, but I wanted to skip the middleman.

Steve.

 

[robo hippy]

Odie, I have heard of some turners who use the very slow speeds for applying finish. Mostly the thick stuff that you want to flow and not settle into puddles. The really slow speeds come in very handy to keep my warped bowls spinning while I sand. With the articulated arm I made for sanding, there is a video, generally the first grit or three I spin the bowl by hand, which is easy because the arm holds my sander arm and all I have to do is squeeze the trigger.

robo hippy