Hopefully gonna use the existing motor mount and just make up a plate which has holes for the imperial mounting bolt pattern and studs for the motor so I can tension by winding the nuts up or something along the lines of that, already got a hole in the wall for it to sit.could you mount a VFD controlled motor underneath the lathe with a double pulley and matched belts ? would be easy to make a tensioner that way . Im pretty sure i was tempted to do that when I had mine but cant remember if there is castings blocking that option







