Help identifying X2 spindle wobble

mikey said:
Shooter, what happened with the head vibrating and getting hot and the gritty sound? Did that all resolve with the spindle bearing change? Clearly, the wobbling pulley has been cleared, right?
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The gritty sound is gone and it doesnt get as hot now. The vibrating has improved but its not gone completely. I attribute that to the terrible boring job on the spindle so it is not balanced well.

The wobbling pulley has also improved, but it isnt perfect either. I think the pulley is either bent or just poorly machined since the surfaces I used to reference when I faced it were not aligned with each other.

I am not going to worry about it because I need to make a new pulley to mount a 1.3 HP motor on it and gear the speed from 3600 to 8000 or so.
 
Yeah, if the pulley is out of whack then I can see the vibration persisting but it sounds like the bearings handled the gritty sound and heat. Thanks for the update.
 
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