Chuck Ellis
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now I seem to have another problem...
In an earlier thread I shows the squirrel's or chipmonk's nuts in my lathe that had been sitting idle for about 4 days with the cover open... I've cleaned out all the nuts, put all of the grub screws (set screws --- one of the English turners called them Grub Nuts and it stuck in my head ) back in place (I think), got the belt changed and all put back together... now it seems that I'm getting a slow down or a lug down of the motor when I'm turning a larger piece and put very much pressure on the wood. I can back off and give it a second or two and it goes back to speed. I don't remember having a slow down before I started all this. I could stop the spindle if I got a big catch, but the motor kept spinning and just slipped the belt...
It sounds like the belt is slipping again, but not the same sound as I got with the old belt...
In an earlier thread I shows the squirrel's or chipmonk's nuts in my lathe that had been sitting idle for about 4 days with the cover open... I've cleaned out all the nuts, put all of the grub screws (set screws --- one of the English turners called them Grub Nuts and it stuck in my head ) back in place (I think), got the belt changed and all put back together... now it seems that I'm getting a slow down or a lug down of the motor when I'm turning a larger piece and put very much pressure on the wood. I can back off and give it a second or two and it goes back to speed. I don't remember having a slow down before I started all this. I could stop the spindle if I got a big catch, but the motor kept spinning and just slipped the belt...
It sounds like the belt is slipping again, but not the same sound as I got with the old belt...