Chipmunks in the lathe???

Signed-In Members Don't See This Ad
TellicoTurning

TellicoTurning

Member
Joined
Sep 24, 2006
Messages
8,208
Location
Tellico Plains, Tennessee, USA.
I have a Jet 1442 and had to change a belt the other day... the change went smooth and everything back together and working fine... for a while... then suddenly, with a 12" bowl blank on the faceplate, the lathe went from 450 rpm to somewhere around 1200 rpm... that in and of itself was exciting...suddenly to have an out of balance propeller whirling in your face...

I opened the headstock to see what was the problem and discovered I had a slipped "C" or something that let the Reeves unit slip and jam against the housing.... since it was near the end of the day, I just left it for the next day, but it turned really cold for this area and I haven't been back to the shop for about 4 or 5 days..

This morning I went out to take a look.. it's still about 36 or 38 in the shop, but I have a new heater and decided I would try to fix the lathe... when I shined a light inside to take a better look, this is what I found.

I don't know how they got that grub screw out... gonna have to take away their allen wrenches I guess..
rofl.gif
rofl.gif


About 3 weeks ago, I discovered two or three caches of these in my big tool box.. in two different drawers... they probably knew this cold weather was on the way.
 

Attachments

  • nuts 002.JPG
    nuts 002.JPG
    30.7 KB · Views: 268
  • nuts 003.JPG
    nuts 003.JPG
    43.5 KB · Views: 201
  • nuts 017.JPG
    nuts 017.JPG
    24.9 KB · Views: 210
  • nuts 018.JPG
    nuts 018.JPG
    28.5 KB · Views: 243
Signed-In Members Don't See This Ad
Lol... those things are pretty mischievous - my father-in-law's battery posts on his truck got eaten (actually, probably just chewed off) by them. Yes... the lead. They are everywhere!
 
My friend had a rabbit that would sit on the carberator and chew the wires. Had to replace the wiring twice before he eliminated the problem. I didn't know rabbits would do that, I've heard of mice and squirrels but surprised by the rabbit. Lucky for the chipmunk he wasn't in the lathe when you started it up. Lucky for you too that would have been a little messy.
 
We had a little field mouse come into our house and nibble at the bag of dried dog food in a cupboard in the kitchen. I thought it was a cute little thing but my wife thought differently! LOL
 
That's pretty odd indeed. I though you were going to be implying that your lathe sounded like a chipmunk. I know mine does sometimes. There are no mice or anything like that living in my shop. The little creatures don't creep me out, but they are filthy creatures and I wouldn't want them using everything as a toilet. I seal the shop well and use poison.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom