Chuck Ellis
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All the "Done With" threads over in off topics inspired this title... just spent last 3 hours tearing down my headstock - again -
I have the Jet 1442 with the Reeves control... it's getting awfully tiresome here lately. Saturday in the middle of sanding a bowl, the bowl just stopped turning, the belt started squealing as the motor was still going strong and slipping the belt on the spindle pulleys... my bearings had been chattering some so I figured one or more had frozen on me... I came in from the shop and ordered new bearings....but when I went to tear it down today, the e-ring keeper on the spindle that holds the stationary pulley in place had slipped and let the stationary pulley slide up against the cast iron casing of the head stock... since I had already bought new bearings, figured to just go ahead and change them out... after I got the pulleys out, they looked to be boogered up in the vanes to the point I've decided I'll need to replace them too... I've had this lathe about 8 years and so far I have changed bearings twice, the spindle, the spindle pulleys, the speed control bar, the motor pulleys and all the related and necessary bits and pieces... for all practical purposes, I have totally rebuilt the inside of the headstock....
I guess I can't really complain too much... I keep a running log of the pieces I make... each gets a sequential number and some times if I make several similar items, like the wine glasses, the group will all get the same number... to date my number sequence is up to 2060 items I've turned on this lathe. This doesn't count the pieces I blew up or didn't finish... it's been a work horse, but I guess even work horses need to retire eventually...As soon as I win the lottery, I may have to upgrade to another lathe....
I have the Jet 1442 with the Reeves control... it's getting awfully tiresome here lately. Saturday in the middle of sanding a bowl, the bowl just stopped turning, the belt started squealing as the motor was still going strong and slipping the belt on the spindle pulleys... my bearings had been chattering some so I figured one or more had frozen on me... I came in from the shop and ordered new bearings....but when I went to tear it down today, the e-ring keeper on the spindle that holds the stationary pulley in place had slipped and let the stationary pulley slide up against the cast iron casing of the head stock... since I had already bought new bearings, figured to just go ahead and change them out... after I got the pulleys out, they looked to be boogered up in the vanes to the point I've decided I'll need to replace them too... I've had this lathe about 8 years and so far I have changed bearings twice, the spindle, the spindle pulleys, the speed control bar, the motor pulleys and all the related and necessary bits and pieces... for all practical purposes, I have totally rebuilt the inside of the headstock....
I guess I can't really complain too much... I keep a running log of the pieces I make... each gets a sequential number and some times if I make several similar items, like the wine glasses, the group will all get the same number... to date my number sequence is up to 2060 items I've turned on this lathe. This doesn't count the pieces I blew up or didn't finish... it's been a work horse, but I guess even work horses need to retire eventually...As soon as I win the lottery, I may have to upgrade to another lathe....