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to stop or charge ahead

The last couple months I have been turning pens. Boy o boy talk about instant gratification! I thought it was quick with bowls but turns out not to be the case. Anyways, I bought some pen blanks, the first time I ever purchased wood. I'd been using free wood that alerted me to its existence by the sound of the siren [read: someone using a chainsaw in the vicinity]. So I am turning this pen blank down and stop ever so often to look. My oh my what beautiful designs and swirly colours! I was still a good sixteenth or so away for the minimum size; that being on the ends where the two halves of the pen meet. Now I can't recall reading here anything about stopping before your finished cause the patterns are sl lovely. This is true for both bowls and pens and perhaps other items. Not really a question here but more of an observation.

I do have a question though. I have a Jet 1236 and recently see that my speed control is stuck due to what I think is the upper (or spindle) pulley being stuck. It will work fine in the two lower positions but beyond that I have to take off the cover and --gently-- tap the upper pulley while working the handle back and forth. Has anyone successfully addressed this issue without too much difficulty. I like this lathe and have been using it now for 4 or 5 years.

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Kevin
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"Kevin" wrote: (clip) It will work fine in the two lower

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Thank goodness you are asking this question now, while it is still possible to move the pulley half. If you wait long enough it will stick solid, and take monumental effort to free it up. DAMHIKT. Clean and wax the shafts so the pulley halves move freely. I recommend wax in preference to oil or grease because doesn't collect wood dust.

Then, put yourself on a program of preventive maintenance by cleaning things BEFORE it happens again (Maybe every 6 months?)

If you ever do have to take off the circlip that holds the spring against the pulley half, tie a string to it before you do anything else. That clip can be hard to find among the wood chips.

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Leo Lichtman

I am unsure about Jet Lathes, I don't think they're sold inthe Uk.If it is speed control via adjustable sliding pulleys, then I'm afraid you need to disassemble the pulley mechanism, and coat the splines on the driveshaft with dry lubricant( failing all else, black lead or ground up lead from a 6B pencil). This treatment has worked to keep my Draper lathe working well for

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c.les hewitt

Those spring clips are the only mechanical part that I know of that can move faster than the speed of light....you hear where they have been, but you never see them go, and if you look in the last place that you heard them they won't be there, they will be hiding somewhere on the oposite side of the shop. I always make sure that I have at least 2 spares before working with them.

Charley

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Charley

In message , c.les hewitt writes

JET are sold in the UK, the franchise being owned by Axminster.co.uk The budget range of Axminster Lathes are like the Grisley But I believe they are imported by JET There are several others Brads selling the same beasts. They use the adjustable sliding pulleys ( mine has them) One other thing to watch for is a grub screw on the motor output shaft between pulley and motor sometimes these work loose so the whole thing becomes less effective

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John

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