mbellek
Member
Hello everyone,
I don't know if any of you remember me, because I haven't been around in a while... But I'm having some trouble and I knew this was the place to come for help!!
So for some reason, I'm experiencing a LOT of vibration when I turn. The lathe feels steady, but the wood jumps like crazy and I'm breaking a lot of wood. A LOT of wood.
We're talking about spindle turning here, not mandrel. I have a regular drive center on my Jet mini (the one that came with it) and the live center that came with it. If I'm turning an 8" spindle, which is usually what I start with, it'll be worst in the middle. The projects that I do are relatively small, so it tends to get worse as my wood gets thinner... My finished work will be as narrow as 3/16" in diameter. My head and tail stock line up just right, and I'm carefully centering the wood....
Any ideas on where to look next for trouble-shooting?
I don't know if any of you remember me, because I haven't been around in a while... But I'm having some trouble and I knew this was the place to come for help!!
So for some reason, I'm experiencing a LOT of vibration when I turn. The lathe feels steady, but the wood jumps like crazy and I'm breaking a lot of wood. A LOT of wood.
We're talking about spindle turning here, not mandrel. I have a regular drive center on my Jet mini (the one that came with it) and the live center that came with it. If I'm turning an 8" spindle, which is usually what I start with, it'll be worst in the middle. The projects that I do are relatively small, so it tends to get worse as my wood gets thinner... My finished work will be as narrow as 3/16" in diameter. My head and tail stock line up just right, and I'm carefully centering the wood....
Any ideas on where to look next for trouble-shooting?