Scott Hackler
04-27-2011, 4:11 PM
Not literally but I did screw it up. I bought a used NSK Presto setup for carving on my next "big" turning project. This one must have come from a lab or something because the regulator gauge reads .1 to .4 mpa (???) Well I turned it up to .4, maxing it out and it has worked great ....for a while...
So fast forward and I start noticing that the handpiece is spit and sputtering once in a while. Then without warning it seemed to slow down to 1/8 speed with the same spit and sputtering. Just will not do the job that it is supposed to do...... SO... I ordered a 0-60 psi gauge and after receiving it today I went out and traded the gauges. The company states "not to exceed 35 psi), I pressured it up and SHAZAM it pegged out the 0-60 gauge. OOOOPS! :( Stinks but I am now sure that the turbine cartridge is shot and I am going to have ot spend $139 for a new one. Dang that was an expensive goof.
What really stinks in that since returning to the shop I have been working on this new sculpture/turning and now I am shut down until the new part. :(
Lessons learned.........
So fast forward and I start noticing that the handpiece is spit and sputtering once in a while. Then without warning it seemed to slow down to 1/8 speed with the same spit and sputtering. Just will not do the job that it is supposed to do...... SO... I ordered a 0-60 psi gauge and after receiving it today I went out and traded the gauges. The company states "not to exceed 35 psi), I pressured it up and SHAZAM it pegged out the 0-60 gauge. OOOOPS! :( Stinks but I am now sure that the turbine cartridge is shot and I am going to have ot spend $139 for a new one. Dang that was an expensive goof.
What really stinks in that since returning to the shop I have been working on this new sculpture/turning and now I am shut down until the new part. :(
Lessons learned.........