Andy Pratt
03-22-2008, 5:53 PM
Today while sharpening lathe gouges on my JET wet sharpener, the motor bogged down all of a sudden, and it's currently not useable. There was initially an audible pulsating to the effort it was putting out, then it got fairly constant, but with hardly any power to the rotation. I tried adjusting the torque adjustment a little, and that seemed to help get the wheel spinning, but it just doesn't have any guts anymore. When I put a gouge to the spinning stone, it stops it within a second or two.
Related info: I hadn't used it in a few months, I got it out today and ran it for about an hour prior to this to dress the wheel with the diamond tool (first time I've done that) and sharpened two other gouges before it quit on me.
Has anyone had a problem like this that they know a fix for? Am I doing something wrong as the operator (can't imagine what)? There's no troubleshooting portion in the manual and customer service is closed until Monday. This was going to be a sharpening weekend but it looks like that's not going to happen now. Any thoughts would be appreciated. I'm still under warranty, so at least there's that. Was hoping not to have to return it though.
Thanks,
Andy
Related info: I hadn't used it in a few months, I got it out today and ran it for about an hour prior to this to dress the wheel with the diamond tool (first time I've done that) and sharpened two other gouges before it quit on me.
Has anyone had a problem like this that they know a fix for? Am I doing something wrong as the operator (can't imagine what)? There's no troubleshooting portion in the manual and customer service is closed until Monday. This was going to be a sharpening weekend but it looks like that's not going to happen now. Any thoughts would be appreciated. I'm still under warranty, so at least there's that. Was hoping not to have to return it though.
Thanks,
Andy