The lathe power feed works fine. However, I hate having to oil the gears and the mess and noise. Some of my intermediate gears were not cut that well and make noise. I decided to use a separate power feed.

The feed consists of a 120 RPM DC gearmotor and and brass adapter to fit the end of the feed screw.

Was tempted to mount the motor on the cover but don't want to drill a set of holes in it.

 The adapter is some 1" brass. I ended up cutting a slot for the woodruff key. I glued the key in with a bit of locktite as I did not like it falling out when I changed gears. A set screw would probably work better if the key was removed.

I initially just made an adapter to fit the threaded end of the shaft. I found using a manual tap, the threads ended up crooked. The bolt is 3/8", a bit too small for any of my threading tools.

A mounting bracket was made from some 1" angle iron.

Ideally I would make one for the opposite end of the feed screw with some kind of clutch. Then I coud switch beteen the gear and electric feeds. Would also allow the gear cover to be closed.

I guess if I added and encoder I could do CNC with it. For now, I will just make a 0-24V speed controller.

So far, I have just tested it off a 12V battery. Speed was a bit slow but was silent and smooth.