broke my lathe

[doug webb]

I needed to change speeds, but when I moved the lever, there was a change in noise but not speed. Belt slipping, was my first thought. When I removed the housing cover, sure enough the belt was loose. But my variable speed pulley was also broken. One side of the rear flange had a 2 inch piece broken out of it. How this happened I have no idea. But anyway, the belt had definitely streched. So I measured a piece of liink belt and replaced it, thinking that next time I was out I would pick up a replacement. While replacing the belt, I broke off another piece of the pulley. It is a cast metal, what I have always called 'pot metal'. It may be cast aluminum, I don't know. What I do know is that it is 'rotten'. I could snap the pieces easily between thumb and finger.
So I came inside to order a pulley and belt, and found that my keyboard no longer worked. Luckily my son had an extra.
I was going to visit my bil later today, but there is no way I am getting close to my truck today.
Some days...

[Andy Hoyt]

..... but there is no way I am getting close to my truck today. Some days...

Smart move!

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Some days are like that! Sorry to hear about your troubles!

On a day like that Andy'd get his wife to spoon feed his IC to him!

[John Hart]

Tough break Doug...sorry to hear it. At least it sounds repairable. Ice Cream is a good idea. It don't break!!

[Bill Stevener]

Ice Cream is a good idea. It don't break!!

Right, if you eat it from the container it came in.:D

Bill.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>:)

[Ernie Nyvall]

Sorry to hear about your troubles Doug. That's a tough break.

Hey don't stand in one place too long... meteors are constantly bombarding our atmosphere. :eek:

Ernie

[doug webb]

As a true blue woodworker, I eat my i/c off of a wooden stick. Parts are ordered from just a hundred miles away. Back in biz in no time. The sun is shining, the sky is blue.............Thanks for the kind words....

[Keith Burns]

Sorry about your trouble Doug but you did the right thing by hanging it up and calling it a day. :) :)

[Bernie Weishapl]

Bummer Doug. Some days it just doesn't pay. Time to go do something else.

[Dale Thompson]

Ice Cream is a good idea. It don't break!!

John,
It doesn't have BONES either - I THINK! :confused:

Dale T.

[Mark Cothren]

That stinks, Doug. Sorry to hear about all this. Hang in there!