mobrien
14th May 2007, 03:30 PM
HI everyone,
As you may recall, I got an old Woodfast lathe recently. I finally got some time to use it, with my new supernova 2 chuck as well.
The job was drilling out two pen blanks - I used the chuck to hold the blank, and the drill in the jacobs chuck on the tailstock. Maybe 5 minutes use with the slow drilling.
Afterwards, I noticed that the outboard thread on the active center was quite warm. Not hot, but certainly warm to touch. I checked the belt, and it wasn't very warm.
Now given the small amount of use, this suprised me. I don't ever recall things getting warm on the last lathe I had (10 years ago) - but then again memories fade!!
Any thoughts? Should I be concerned? Should i get a grease gud and check all the nipples? Could it be bearing issues?
As an aside, I also noticed more movement in the chuck than I expected - it didn't really seem to be truly centered (we aren't talking much here though). What checks should I be doing on a second hand lathe to check all is as it should be?
Thanks for any and all suggestions!
Matt
As you may recall, I got an old Woodfast lathe recently. I finally got some time to use it, with my new supernova 2 chuck as well.
The job was drilling out two pen blanks - I used the chuck to hold the blank, and the drill in the jacobs chuck on the tailstock. Maybe 5 minutes use with the slow drilling.
Afterwards, I noticed that the outboard thread on the active center was quite warm. Not hot, but certainly warm to touch. I checked the belt, and it wasn't very warm.
Now given the small amount of use, this suprised me. I don't ever recall things getting warm on the last lathe I had (10 years ago) - but then again memories fade!!
Any thoughts? Should I be concerned? Should i get a grease gud and check all the nipples? Could it be bearing issues?
As an aside, I also noticed more movement in the chuck than I expected - it didn't really seem to be truly centered (we aren't talking much here though). What checks should I be doing on a second hand lathe to check all is as it should be?
Thanks for any and all suggestions!
Matt