My Jet 1236 lathe makes noise and vibration at some speeds. I've changed regular v-belt to a "Vibration Free" Link Belts. It did not help at all.
Is it common for Reeves Drive to vibrate and be noisy at certain speeds?
Two ?'s, How old is your lathe and have you replaced the spindle pulley(s)?
The reason I ask is do to the problems I am having with my 1442. My original post is here
http://www.aawforum.org/vbforum/showthread.php?t=6221. Since that post I did end up taking it to the Authorized Repair Center, not that I trust them. First off when I walked in with my head stock they blurt out that they have never worked on a wood lathe before. Then next problem was their shop did not have 220v in it, I had to rewire it on the spot and explain that they could just us clips to hook it up. I left, a tad worried, and 2 days later I get the results of their findings, they said the spindle shaft is bent. I had to know so I asked, how did you determine that it's bent? The reply was "with calipers, I'm getting different readings all along it's length." Ummm I think it's tapered a tad here and there so the bearing doesn't have to be driven the whole length. "No, it's bent."
Jet had agreed to help out on parts, but I have to cover the labor, so the list was made and called into Jet. I'm told he has to check on it, and the next day he informs me that this would be the last of the parts they are giving me. He then says that they are going out tomorrow. The following Friday the repair center still hadn't recieved them, so I called Jet up. They tell me they are going out today minus one piece, it's on back order. Yep you guessed it, the spindle shaft. I asked how long, their reply was 6-8 weeks, but we are not really sure. This was June 26th., I learned today they are now thinking maybe the middle of September, maybe!
So why the long post, well my friend has the same lathe, as does someone else on another forums. All 3 of us have now experienced the same problem after having replaced our spindle pulley. When you get it all back together and turn it on, it sounds like a machine gun going off inside the headstock. Most likely the noise is coming from the brand new bearing we just chewed up by turning the lathe on. I'm fully convinced the problem we are experiencing is due to impropper milling of the pulleys. Untill I get my new "straight" shaft in I won't be able to prove my case. In the mean time my buddy decided to start his wait and called Jet. Having been with me when we dropped mine off he decided to see if he could take his elsewhere. We took it to another repair center, in another city. Turns out by running his as long as he had with the same rattle noise, he really did some damage to it. Jet is replacing everything in the head stock, and the motor. He ate up a bearing in the motor as well.
I may be totally wrong here, but everything worked fine, until I put the new pulley(s) on. Either way I'm down for at least 6 months, perhaps longer if my theory is correct. I guess you can just consider this a heads up if you are need of ordering new pulleys.
In the meantime stay turned for more episodes of "As the lathe don't turn"