mick
Member
My Jet mini has been making a knocking noise the last week or so at odd times(not constantly but always at high speed). I can ease off on the tension of the belt and it will stop only to start up later....I can then increase the tension and the noise will stop. I figure this is a bearing problem but I can't detect and play or looseness when turning the handwheel or spindle by hand. The lathe is almost three years old and used on almost a daily basis so I'm assuming I'm due for bearings but before I buy new ones does this sound like the bearings?