Okay, folks - I'm sure some of you are tired of seeing my posts on this, but I don't have an idea where else to get this info, so I'm posting here.
I have a headstock wobble. I've done a LOT of analysis, and as far as I can tell, I have a slight misalignment of the headstock that results in a LOT of wobble with long objects (pen mandrels) and no visible wobble with short objects (dead center in HS). To complicate matters, it's not the same amount of wobble when I swap similar length items.
Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to help me figure out how to fix it! :glasses-nerdy:
At first, this wasn't a MAJOR issue, but as I progressed I was getting more OOR pens and was getting irritated. I bought some between-center bushings and have turned a VERY nice pen (if I say so myself - I may be hooked on this between-centers thing), so the problem started to go away again. Then I discovered that I can't drill on my lathe! The chuck with drill bit extends so far, the wobble can be as much as 1/8"! The headstock makes no noise when running, and with the belt off it will rotate ~1.5 times when spun by hand, so I think the bearings are okay, but I think the headstock is misaligned. I've posted a bit of this on here in the past, so to cut things somewhat short, let me just ask this:
Does anyone know where I can learn what I can do to fix this? Is there a book somewhere I should read? Should I just take it to a Jet service center?
Thanks in advance, guys. My primary rush is that I have a commission and I need to drill antler - and I want to do it on the lathe, it looks like the easiest and best way to do it!
daniel
I have a headstock wobble. I've done a LOT of analysis, and as far as I can tell, I have a slight misalignment of the headstock that results in a LOT of wobble with long objects (pen mandrels) and no visible wobble with short objects (dead center in HS). To complicate matters, it's not the same amount of wobble when I swap similar length items.
Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to help me figure out how to fix it! :glasses-nerdy:
At first, this wasn't a MAJOR issue, but as I progressed I was getting more OOR pens and was getting irritated. I bought some between-center bushings and have turned a VERY nice pen (if I say so myself - I may be hooked on this between-centers thing), so the problem started to go away again. Then I discovered that I can't drill on my lathe! The chuck with drill bit extends so far, the wobble can be as much as 1/8"! The headstock makes no noise when running, and with the belt off it will rotate ~1.5 times when spun by hand, so I think the bearings are okay, but I think the headstock is misaligned. I've posted a bit of this on here in the past, so to cut things somewhat short, let me just ask this:
Does anyone know where I can learn what I can do to fix this? Is there a book somewhere I should read? Should I just take it to a Jet service center?
Thanks in advance, guys. My primary rush is that I have a commission and I need to drill antler - and I want to do it on the lathe, it looks like the easiest and best way to do it!
daniel