Friday evening, turned the large wheel on my lathe using carbide insert tool.
Saturday I turned a smaller wheel (placed on top of the large wheel).
I started the lathe and I got something that sounded like the belt is slipping (a short squeak every revolution).
Squeaking gets worse when the tension is released and also has a tendency to increase slightly with increased loads.
The finish is, as can be seen in the image, very poor. Metal looks torn instead of cut, but please note the shiny section
on the small wheel. Every now and then the lathe produces shiny sections, some of them just narrow lines and some of them wider sections.
I'm thinking this may have something to do with belt slipping.
Tried cleaning both the pulleys and the belt,- not much success. Belt has only run a few hours.
-Any thoughts on why the finish looks like it does?
The large wheel does not have a good finish, but at least it is consistent. The small wheel has a poorer and very inconsistent finish.
Saturday I turned a smaller wheel (placed on top of the large wheel).
I started the lathe and I got something that sounded like the belt is slipping (a short squeak every revolution).
Squeaking gets worse when the tension is released and also has a tendency to increase slightly with increased loads.
The finish is, as can be seen in the image, very poor. Metal looks torn instead of cut, but please note the shiny section
on the small wheel. Every now and then the lathe produces shiny sections, some of them just narrow lines and some of them wider sections.
I'm thinking this may have something to do with belt slipping.
Tried cleaning both the pulleys and the belt,- not much success. Belt has only run a few hours.
-Any thoughts on why the finish looks like it does?
The large wheel does not have a good finish, but at least it is consistent. The small wheel has a poorer and very inconsistent finish.
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