candy1land
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My lathe is about 7 years old but it has sat for the past 5 years doing nothing. I just started turning again and I bought a mandrel saver. I've noticed after only turning 3 pens that my spindle handle gets really hot while I'm turning and so does my motor now. I don't recall this being the case before. I have a delta midi lathe. There was a service announcement about the spindle being too tight from the factory so I did the fix and loosened it about 1/8 of a turn and things still run hot whether I'm turning something or not. Any suggestions? Does this mean I need to replace bearings? If I do how would I know? I don't want to burn out the motor that's for sure. The belt looks fine. Things are lined up.
Thanks for the help.
Thanks for the help.