Looks like a nice watchmakers pattern lathe and great to have a collet selection with it.

Regarding the Jack motor, a few people here have fitted them to small lathes successfully and got round the foot pedal problem.  Some searching on the forum should help and hopefully one of them will also provide some help.

As John has said It looks like a watchmakers lathe handy for small work. The collets will make it useful. I don’t know the motor but others here will be able to help. Welcome to the forum and best wishes for the new year.  Noel.

Some Manufacturers used to stamp their name on the end of the bed and as yours is covered in paint!

Q1 What is wrong with the motor attached to the lathe and why do you need a foot controller? Try rewiring and using that motor first, it may be all you need.

Q2  By a ‘Jack’ motor, Do you mean an electronically controlled BLDC motor of the type now commonly used for commercial sewing machines?

If the answer to Q2 is yes, then there are a number of options available. Depending on how your unit is configured, you may be able to leave everything associated with the hall speed sensor intact and use a simple mechanical linkage solution. This may be preferable if you want foot control as these motors usually come with parts to permit this (foot or knee levers being normally used for sewing machines).

Alternatively, you can replace the hall sensor with a voltage divider and potentiometer but this will require some simple ability for circuit design and construction. There are H&S risks involved with this approach but they are manageable. This would be more suitable if you want a more precise and stable speed control, as with an engineering type lathe.

To get some idea, trawl around on the net or you tube and get a feel for what others have done.

OK, then 513 comes with a Hall effect speed controller. It will be the small box with the silver lever sticking out. That lever moves the magnet above the Hall sensor, driving the speed control electronics. The lever has a strong return spring that you can remove. This will enable the lever to be moved to a suitable position(speed) by hand and left there without immediately reverting to the off position when released.

I suggest you set up the BLDC motor on the bench and investigate that method of control and see if it is adequate for your requirement. If you are content with a mechanical approach you may consider modifying that lever system or implement some mechanical resistance method for more precise control. This would help to avoid inadvertent control changes, as the range of movement from min to max speed is quite small with the Hall sensor.

On the main control box, you can only set the minimum and maximum speeds ie the speed range over which the speed control will operate, for example, minimum 500 rpm, maximum 2000 rpm or 2000 rpm to 3000 rpm etc. You can also set direction of rotation.

The simple answer to replacing the speed control box is no.

The long answer is yes, if you are competent with electronics and are prepared to modify the speed controller within the speed control box. You will need to determine from the speed controller what signal voltages define the motor start and and maximum speed of the motor. Knowing that you can replace the Hall transducer with a potentiometer.

Say for example these voltages were between 2.2v for motor off and 4.8v for motor max, then you will need to construct a voltage divider with potentiometer, or a two divider voltage clamp with potentiometer to replace the Hall switch.

You will need to make sure your ‘low voltage’ circuitry is well isolated from anything you may touch and anything metallic as it will be at high potential  with respect to ground (ie possibly mains voltage or greater). I suggest you do not go delving around in the main control box unless you are comfortable working with high voltages.

Thats the size of lathe that would work well with a sewing machine motor and foot operated speed control. As for cleaning it up, I would recommend taking great care with removing the rust, wire wool and oil will remove the rust without damaging any existing metal. Do not be tempted to remove the rust pitting, but think of it as being a way of holding the lubricant used on the parts. If you can carefully dismantle and clean all the parts all the better.

The foot operated speed control that is used with sewing machine motiors could be replaced with a standard rotary one for mounting higher up. You would have to check the power rating and total ohms first.

The lathe will be very good for small jobs and you should keep us updated with the restoration.