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Bad vibrations.
John D Smith:
Les, Further to my previous message I sold my lathe to a Derek Pyatt he specialises in Coronet lathes and Spares also he is very good with advice.A link to his web site is bellow.Regards John
www.coronetwoodworking.co.uk
Bryan Milham:
Les,
As John says, changing bearing races is not too much of a problem. I did it on my Major but it was a lot of years ago and I cannot remember the procedure I used. I know I managed to locate a 'User's Handbook' which gave an exploded view, which helped greatly.
I'd also say that when buying new races try and get the best quality you can, they might all have the same numbers but I can assure you that there are big quality differences in them and it will come down to cost.
The Phosphor Bronze bearing can be adjusted, have you done that?
Also Record took over and based some of their lathes on the old Coronet range, I think the CL3 has a similar bearing. It may be worth an explore to see if they are interchangeable, should you need a new one.
Les Symonds:
Hi John and Bryan....thanks so much for the help, the info could well prove to be very useful. I've e-mailed Tony at lathes.co.uk to see if he's got a manual and if he doesn't come up trumps I'll try the other leads.
Thanks again....Les
woodndesign:
You've isolated it to the headstock and bearings, I consider the pulley in investigations too, it's more likely to clunk, than cause a vibration, but worth a check if loose, happened with my Myford Mystro ... hair loss job finding ..
You'll hopefully get a manual, and it will advise the key way up is when sliding the shaft through the housing and into the pulley so the key doesn't drop out and jam or leave only the grub screw as drive and the key rattling about in there.
Cheers David
thebowlerhattedturner:
Hi Les,
before you get too involved with bearings etc just check that all the nuts and bolts and screws are tight. I know this sounds obvious ,but I once had a similar problem on a different lathe and found I had lost a mounting screw for the motor. There could be nothing worse than changing the bearings only to find it was a screw loose.
Hope you get it fixed.
Regards
John BHT
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