Who would I call to repair a Graduate Jubilee lathe? Bristol

[davidmit]

Hi everyone,

This is my first post on here so thanks for having me.

I have a Graduate Jubilee wood lathe that has given me great satifaction, however I recently made an attempt to replace a belt (Before realising that I could buy one that doesnt require dismantling to fit).

My problem is I have made a mistake trying to remove the pulley and now it is halfway off and stuck. I would love to get somebody to repair it as I miss turning, however I've not a clue where I'd start to look for a machine repair man who comes to the house. People with these skills must exist, can anybody recommend one in or near Bristol? Or how I'd find one.

Thank you so much.

Dave

 

[paultnl]

If you can post some pictures of the problem, I am sure there will be plenty of advise on how to solve it.

 

[CHJ]

Sorry don't know the details of the Graduate but there are many members with them both as supplied and modified so you should get help off the forum.

You say it's stuck, did it involve removing a locking grub screw? if so was there by any chance two grub screws in the hole one above the other as locking item and you have not loosened the lower one sufficiently.

If the pulley is part way off the shaft, it would be prudent to polish the shaft exposed behind the pulley with some fine abrasive and then drive the pulley back to its original position and clean up the outer portion of the shaft.

And get some lubrication penetrating into the pulley-shaft joint.

 

[davidmit]

Thankyou for the suggestions so far.

I've given everything a pretty good go already. I was trying pretty 'hard' to get it out in the first place and have hit the thread where the chuck to hold the bowl screws on with a hammer. So the thread needs to be cleaned up as well. So would need fairly special tools. I will try and take some pictures next time I am at home.

 

[fred55]

Sorry for your troubles - but problems and how they are resolved are noted by others (I have a graduate) - one thing you said belts that don't need the spindle taking off ! never knew they existed and my belt must be 30years old. I may have to look into those.

 

[AndyT]

Sorry for your troubles - but problems and how they are resolved are noted by others (I have a graduate) - one thing you said belts that don't need the spindle taking off ! never knew they existed and my belt must be 30years old. I may have to look into those.

I'm guessing that Dave must mean the sort of belt made up of separate, detachable links - as sold here http://www.lathes.co.uk/page4.html

(Dave - sorry I don't know the answer to your question!)

 

[paul-c]

hi dave
do you have a manual for the graduate?
if not pm me your email and i will email one to you,there is an explanation of how to do it in the manual.
if you dont want to do this yourself, could you find a local engineering company who have anyone who does mtr(machine tool repair) work, its a very easy repair.
good luck
cheers
paul-c

 

[davidmit]

Machine tool repair, that sounds like a good search. I'll give that a go. In case I have no luck I'd love a copy of the manual please.

mail @ dave-mitchell. com (no spaces)

Thanks!

Fred, As Andy said that was the belts I was talking about, they come apart and fix together with a small nut. It should make the job of a belt change 100x easier.

 

[dickm]

Just to prevent any disappointment, note that the OP mentions a JUBILEE lathe. This was made by Harrisons, like the Graduate, but is a smaller beast altogether. Quite probably, the details of pulley fixing are the same on both, but don't bank on it.

 

[pip1954]

dickm does it say much about jubilee as i own one
if if does can i pm my email for a copy if you don't mind
pip

 

[dickm]

Sorry, seem to have created more confusion than avoided . I don't have any Harrison stuff, Grad or Jubilee, though did look at a Jubilee a couple of years ago.
It was just that the discussion seemed to be assuming that the OP was referring to a Graduate, when (presumably, since the heading says Jubilee) it was actually the latter.