KMCloonan
Member
Hi all,
Ever since I bought my Laguna 1216 lathe, I have been super happy with it. I had one question though that I am hoping someone here can answer for me.
My headstock heats up when it runs. Heats up to the point that when I remove whatever is installed, it's almost too hot to handle comfortably. Example is my dead center - it gets pretty hot. I switched to a PSI TBC setup with the short mandrel sections to hang the bushings on - that gets hot.
As first, I wondered if I am somehow exerting too much pressure on the pen blanks while turning, which would stress the headstock. So today I did a simple experiment. I installed the TBC component into the headstock, but did not hang a blank. I simply turned on the lathe and let the headstock spin at about 2500 RPM for about 2 minutes with no load. It heated up.
I have noticed a slight film around the perimeter of the headstock bearing (like a very light grease). I wonder if my bearing is leaking and possibly running dry?
Any thoughts, advice, suggestions would be appreciated.
KC
Ever since I bought my Laguna 1216 lathe, I have been super happy with it. I had one question though that I am hoping someone here can answer for me.
My headstock heats up when it runs. Heats up to the point that when I remove whatever is installed, it's almost too hot to handle comfortably. Example is my dead center - it gets pretty hot. I switched to a PSI TBC setup with the short mandrel sections to hang the bushings on - that gets hot.
As first, I wondered if I am somehow exerting too much pressure on the pen blanks while turning, which would stress the headstock. So today I did a simple experiment. I installed the TBC component into the headstock, but did not hang a blank. I simply turned on the lathe and let the headstock spin at about 2500 RPM for about 2 minutes with no load. It heated up.
I have noticed a slight film around the perimeter of the headstock bearing (like a very light grease). I wonder if my bearing is leaking and possibly running dry?
Any thoughts, advice, suggestions would be appreciated.
KC