Ukcats35
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I have a problem and it is driving me crazy...
I have a newish rikon midi lathe. Recently, like this weekend recently, when turning pens, there is a high pitch squeal when I put chisel to material. It does not occur near the head stock, or really on the first blank (cap), but occurs on the bottom half of the blank or body of the pen (closer to the tailstock). My tools are sharp, and the noise occurs with both my chisels and carbide tools. It also occurs with very light pressure. I am using a mandrel saver and just purchased new bushings hoping that would fix the issue---but no luck. Could it possible be the mandrel interacting with the bushings when pressure is applied? Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Like I said, it just started and is annoying to say the least.
I have a newish rikon midi lathe. Recently, like this weekend recently, when turning pens, there is a high pitch squeal when I put chisel to material. It does not occur near the head stock, or really on the first blank (cap), but occurs on the bottom half of the blank or body of the pen (closer to the tailstock). My tools are sharp, and the noise occurs with both my chisels and carbide tools. It also occurs with very light pressure. I am using a mandrel saver and just purchased new bushings hoping that would fix the issue---but no luck. Could it possible be the mandrel interacting with the bushings when pressure is applied? Any advice will be greatly appreciated. Like I said, it just started and is annoying to say the least.