Greetings, I got an old used Oliver wood lathe a few years past and after a lengthy renovation ended up with a good working lathe. (It is HEAVY not much vibration)
I purchased a super nova chuck and have been turning a few candle sticks, bowls etc. I just checked on a set of Cole jaws and notice the specs. say do not exceed 600 RPMs. I found a post here that said start turning at 500RPMs. I ended up with a 1725 RPM motor on the Oliver and at the lowest setting it looks like I'm starting at approx 766 RPM. I counted the revs and the motor pully turns approx 2 1/4 turns to one (1) turn for the spindle. (Long winded ) I'll hurry. Since I have had a couple of pieces break loose over the years,
should I try to figure out a way to start slower? The pieces that broke loose were after I had them "balanced" and just let the gouge grab. And should I forget the Cole jaws?
Thanks to all for replys.
There times when I would rather be reading SawMill than turning. Like right now, it's getting cold outside and in the shop.