- Joined
- Aug 22, 2012
Not all that long ago I replaced the headstock bearings in my flexi 9x20.All was well with the world. Or so I thought.
The extreme vibration from all the milling I did the other day seemed to cause a problem.
With nothing in the chuck the noise was getting louder and louder with a horrible harmonic type of vibration.
Dont tell me the new bearings have crapped out already was my main thought.
It took a few mins before I found the culprit, the screw holding the toothed pulley to the shaft had unscrewed.
I assume from the vibration and the pully was banging back and forth along the shaft.
A quick tighten, turn on and a huge sigh of relief was had by all.
Just something else to keep an eye on with this lathe, (and probably not just mine).
The extreme vibration from all the milling I did the other day seemed to cause a problem.
With nothing in the chuck the noise was getting louder and louder with a horrible harmonic type of vibration.
Dont tell me the new bearings have crapped out already was my main thought.
It took a few mins before I found the culprit, the screw holding the toothed pulley to the shaft had unscrewed.
I assume from the vibration and the pully was banging back and forth along the shaft.
A quick tighten, turn on and a huge sigh of relief was had by all.
Just something else to keep an eye on with this lathe, (and probably not just mine).