Stevej72
Member
I've had my lathe for about a month now and I think I figured out that the headstock spindle is not straight.
When I turn my pens they are even with the bushing on one side and the other side is above the bushing. The bushing closest to the headstock is not too bad. It get worse the further away from the headstock that you get.
At first I thought it was a learning thing. Then I thought that I had a bent mandrel. Now I have 3 mandrels and they all to the same thing. I have cleaned the arbor and inside of the spindle.
If I measure on the arbor I am off about .002, in the middle of the mandrel about .012 and at the end of the mandrel it is close to .050.
I hope all this rambling makes some sense and hopefully I used the correct words to describe the parts I am talking about.
Thanks, Steve
When I turn my pens they are even with the bushing on one side and the other side is above the bushing. The bushing closest to the headstock is not too bad. It get worse the further away from the headstock that you get.
At first I thought it was a learning thing. Then I thought that I had a bent mandrel. Now I have 3 mandrels and they all to the same thing. I have cleaned the arbor and inside of the spindle.
If I measure on the arbor I am off about .002, in the middle of the mandrel about .012 and at the end of the mandrel it is close to .050.
I hope all this rambling makes some sense and hopefully I used the correct words to describe the parts I am talking about.
Thanks, Steve