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Posted by Joseph Gwinn on April 7, 2008, 10:12 pm
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> > I have a 5914 that shakes hard with a cut off blade.
> > I am tense, and when the shaking causes something to fall over in the
> > pan of the lathe, I just about jump out of my skin.
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> I have no problems with my Clausing 5418 -- pretty much the same
> except step pulley and manual belt changes. I always part of with the
> backgear.
>
> > I now hack saw off pieces and then face it with the lathe.
>
> Well ... for larger workpieces, I use the 4x6"
> horizontal/vertical cheap bandsaw. But I will certainly part off
> workpieces which I feed through the spindle -- both up to 1" in the 5C
> collets, and the hex 12L14 stock which is the maximum which will fit
> through the 1-3/8" ID spindle with the drawtube removed. (I think that
> is 1-1/8" hex, but until I have to buy more, it won't matter much.) The
> hex stock is held in the 3-jaw chuck.
>
> If I ever do see chatter when parting off, I know that it is
> time to tighten the spindle draw-up ring again. (I swapped spindles to
> get an L-00 spindle nose in place of the 2-1/4x8 which came with the
> lathe.
I thought the spindle was tight enough, but maybe not. The 6" drive
playte should have stopped in a half turn, as discussed elsewhere. I
think I'll revisit this.
Joe Gwinn
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> I am tense, and when the shaking causes something to fall over in the
> pan of the lathe, I just about jump out of my skin.