I'm new to turning and I think most people who opt for the Jet JWL1015 Table Mounted, Variable Speed Lathe are too, so I thought I'd walk through my set up and opinion of this very fun new tool. Hopefully you find it interesting/helpful!
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**TRANSCRIPT OF VOICE OVER**
I got a new tool.
The Jet 10 by 15 inch table mounted lathe.
Let’s get into it.
I’m a novice to wood turning, so this unboxing and review will be from the perspective of a newbie. I hope others looking into buying this starter lathe find that helpful!
The lathe came mostly assembled, with just the spur center (thing you put the blank on), knock out rod (thing to remove spur center with when you’re done), and tool rest (self explanatory), disassembled.
The manual does show the tailstock quill center (the other thing that holds the blank), and the faceplate as disassembled too, but don’t freak out and dig through the trash like me when you don’t see them - they’re probably on the head and tail stocks already
Once all parts were accounted for, the next step was to set up the spindle pulley.
This lathe is a variable speed model, so to select the desired RPM, you have to place the pulley belt on the right tracks of the upper and lower pulleys.
To do this, relieve the belt tension by loosening the lever at the bottom left hand side of the machine, set the belt in the desired tracks, and then increase belt tension, before tighten the lever again.
After that, I put the tool rest into place on what I’ve seen called a banjo carriage - which is fun.
Then, got to know how the tailstock carriage worked - the lever and wheel system to set the tail stock quill is super easy to figure out.
And once that minimal assembly was done, I prepped a practice blank by locating the center of the blank and marking it as the place for the spur center mounting.
Then, I placed the spur center into the head stock, and brought the tailstock in to hold the other side of the blank.
Adjusted the tool rest, close enough to the blank to support my grossly inadequate turning gouge, but far enough away to not inhibit the rotation.
Then, started turning.
The whole process took maybe 40 mins.
Once done messing around, I removed the spur center using the knock out rod.
And that’s a wrap. So far, I’m a fan.
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