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I asked him how much he wanted for the lathe and he gave it to me for my b- day. What a guy!
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Thanks for the info this will help me out. I plan to turn some spindles and knobs first and transition into bowls.john lucas said:Well it's not a bowl lathe per se, but I turned a lot of bowls on mine. It was just a little hairy until I got the bowl round. fortunately I turned a lot of segmented bowls back then and they were close to round when I got them glue up.
John, you are not the first person to mention lubricating the Reeves drive pulleys, just how do you go about that? What lubricant do you have the best luck with?I had that same lathe. The slowest speed is too fast for roughing bowls. Add a lot of weight to the stand to help with this and if you can round the bowls off with a bandsaw or chainsaw as best you can before mounting. Other than that it's not a bad lathe. You will need to lubricate the Reeves drive pulleys frequently.
Have fun and be safe.
I'm not John, but I have a Delta 1440 "Shop Queen". Reeves drives can be a serious PITA, but it helps to put a small amount of wheel bearing grease on the spindle where the movable half of the pulley rides. Check the keystock and remove any sharp edges from it. Make sure that the keyway and keystock have plenty of lube, but not enough to sling it all over the place. If it is like most lathe Reeves drive, both the spindle and the motor shaft pulleys will have one side that moves. On the headstock, it is controlled by a lever and on the motor it has a spring.John, you are not the first person to mention lubricating the Reeves drive pulleys, just how do you go about that? What lubricant do you have the best luck with?
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Bandman
Well it's not a bowl lathe per se, but I turned a lot of bowls on mine. It was just a little hairy until I got the bowl round. fortunately I turned a lot of segmented bowls back then and they were close to round when I got them glue up.
My lathe is the model that came out after yours (46-715). Mine has a 14 inch swing, but other than that they are very similar. I have turned some bowls on mine, but the Reeves drive really isn't rugged enough to stand up to that kind of turning on a continuous basis. It would work fine for table legs and other small diameter things. Delta no longer supports these lathes, so when the Reeves drive wears out, you might consider going to stepped cone type pulleys.Thanks for the info this will help me out. I plan to turn some spindles and knobs first and transition into bowls.