I recently made the motor mount you laid out in a drawing with the following description on your web site: "Motor mount A crude sketch of a useful motor mount I use on the Taig lathe". Two photos are attached.
I made it from aluminum angle pieces and 3/8" threaded and unthreaded rod as well as the necessary nuts and collars as per your drawing. I added a turning handle to the end of the threaded rod that I purchased. In addition to what was included in your drawing, I tacked a thin sheet of shimming material under the sliding components of the new motor mount to form what I call a "wear pad" to minimize wear on the Taig mounting board. It was not particularly difficult to make except it took some experimenting with different circumference Gates belts fore I had the right 450 mm. belt. Using a string around the pulleys didn't seem to work and they are only a few dollars on amazon.com.
I use a 1/3 hp Dayton 1075 rpm capacitor motor I bought on ebay for $40. It is physically smaller and lighter than the usual 1725 rpm motors, and I like that it turns the lathe a bit slower.
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