Power Pro Slows Down During Lathe Operation

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Power Pro Slows Down During Lathe Operation

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I was turning some common Douglas fir down to 3" diameter. I was using Easy Wood lathe tools and taking light cuts. When the headstock seemed to loose all torque. It would come to a full stop with the smallest catch.

Any ideas? I have contacted the Shopsmith staff asking for additional descriptions. But, I would like to fix this sooner than later.

Thanks, in advance, for any tips or suggestions.
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Sounds like the belt might be slipping. The motor can be adjusted up and down to tighten or loosen the belt. Or dust might be on the speed sensor.
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Just to ask a stupid question, but could the workpiece have been slipping? How were you holding the wood? I ask, because I have had wood stop when using a steb center. The powerpro is quiet and felt like it stopped when in fact the wood was slipping...
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I opened up the headstock and a bolt fell out. It was bolt #102 in the exploded drawing. I reinstalled it using Permatex Medium Strength Threadlocker Blue and it is back to running like a champ. The only reason I used Permatex is because this is what I had on hand.

Thanks for everyone's input!
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Just a quick note of thank you to the Shopsmith staff. Within minutes of my email they responded with a couple of suggestions and then followed up to make sure my issue had been resolved.
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Lodgepole wrote:Just a quick note of thank you to the Shopsmith staff. Within minutes of my email they responded with a couple of suggestions and then followed up to make sure my issue had been resolved.
That is very refreshing given what has been said around here in the past.
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Care to share with 'us' what those suggestions were?

Ditto what John said!!!
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Lodgepole wrote:I opened up the headstock and a bolt fell out. It was bolt #102 in the exploded drawing. I reinstalled it using Permatex Medium Strength Threadlocker Blue and it is back to running like a champ. The only reason I used Permatex is because this is what I had on hand.

Thanks for everyone's input!
You have an exploded drawing of a power pro headstock?

#102 in the standard headstock is the vent plate mounting screw.
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JPG wrote:
Lodgepole wrote:I opened up the headstock and a bolt fell out. It was bolt #102 in the exploded drawing. I reinstalled it using Permatex Medium Strength Threadlocker Blue and it is back to running like a champ. The only reason I used Permatex is because this is what I had on hand.

Thanks for everyone's input!
You have an exploded drawing of a power pro headstock?

#102 in the standard headstock is the vent plate mounting screw.
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Cannot see that causing slippage!
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