Jason Clark2
05-12-2010, 5:52 PM
Our club has a Delta 46-460 that I'm storing temporarily. I've used it a couple of times at demos and club meetings but never in my shop before last night. I'm doing a demo on it for our club on Saturday and wanted to check the balance on the pieces I'll be turning during the demo. I ran into 2 different speed issues.
1) The speed control knob seems to be having an issue, increasing the dial from 1 - 7 slowly increases the speed as expected. Between 7 and 9 the speed slows dramatically before picking back up once the dial hits 9.
2) While turning a couple of times the motor sped up dramatically while under load. The speed change was abrupt and caused the piece to start turning at unsafe speeds. The motor slowed down to normal speed after a few seconds.
I've read a bit about the slow speed issue and will be recommending our club get it serviced ASAP. The other speed issue is one I haven't heard or read anything about. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Jason
1) The speed control knob seems to be having an issue, increasing the dial from 1 - 7 slowly increases the speed as expected. Between 7 and 9 the speed slows dramatically before picking back up once the dial hits 9.
2) While turning a couple of times the motor sped up dramatically while under load. The speed change was abrupt and caused the piece to start turning at unsafe speeds. The motor slowed down to normal speed after a few seconds.
I've read a bit about the slow speed issue and will be recommending our club get it serviced ASAP. The other speed issue is one I haven't heard or read anything about. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Jason