Ron Stadler
03-23-2011, 10:44 PM
Iv'e really been having problems with the drive center sticking, sometimes I crank down pretty good on the tail stock to get good bite from the drive center but found that the drive center was hard to get out. So lately Iv'e been driving my drive center in with a mallet before placing it on the lathe but still use the tail stock a little bit, not much. This was working fine for awhile, then the other day it got so stuck it took every thing I had to drive it out of there.:eek::mad:
I don't have a brass or aluminum rod to stick the head spindle but use rather a synthetic rod or wood, anyway time a finally got it out there was a scar in the side of the mt on the drive center which kinda upsets me.:mad: I haven't looked inside my headstock spindle yet to see if there is a corresponding gash in it or not, but if there is then what can I do about it and how can I keep these things from jamming.:confused:
The drive center I have seems awfully cheap, I think I bought it from packard, the point on it is already worn off and the blades are even wore and look chipped, I just bought the center in December so does this seem nomal.
I never had this problem with my smaller lathe, which is a rigid mt 1. This lathe is a Vega mt 2.
I don't have a brass or aluminum rod to stick the head spindle but use rather a synthetic rod or wood, anyway time a finally got it out there was a scar in the side of the mt on the drive center which kinda upsets me.:mad: I haven't looked inside my headstock spindle yet to see if there is a corresponding gash in it or not, but if there is then what can I do about it and how can I keep these things from jamming.:confused:
The drive center I have seems awfully cheap, I think I bought it from packard, the point on it is already worn off and the blades are even wore and look chipped, I just bought the center in December so does this seem nomal.
I never had this problem with my smaller lathe, which is a rigid mt 1. This lathe is a Vega mt 2.