Minilathe again

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my posts are beginning to look like a list of misadventures. while parting off the internal expanding shaft managed to get too aggressive and jammed the lathe . ripped multiple teeth off the belt. i think the belt drive is a weak point . i think i'm off to ibt again taking both gears in . im still thinking they pullys are mismatched .

 

[Dhal22]

Hang in there, gotta learn somehow.

 

[hman]

I suppose you're fortunate in that the belt is probably inexpensive and easily replaced ... unlike some cast iron parts or gears. Buy a couple spares and think of them as "mechanical fuses."

 

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after careful measurement and checking gears aganst masters and the spec books the conclusion is that the driven gear does not match any standard metric or us pattern . the drive gear does. I am waiting for new gear and belt all us standard.