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Question: Is there a speed controller that would work with this to get speeds below the 550 range?
Document: You have to extend the spur drive. You can get around it using face plate or chuck/drive screw mountings if you must. The variable speed works OK but- 1-Mine is very noisy and the lowest speed. 2- The speed holds as long as you are in one of the detent locks for the speed handle. If you want to be between range it tends to drift up in speed to the next detent. Things I wish for 1- Digital speed readout 2-A real dial variable speed control 3-A motor that's not in the work area.
I bought another Jet Live-Center at my local woodworking store and found it shortly had the same problem. I ended up replacing it with a metal working live center from Grizzly. My belt broke after a few hundred turnings. I admit, I didn't check the manual but I couldn't figure out how to replace it. I ended up using a segmented belt. This worked fine but it's wider than the original so my speeds are off and I can't get max speed.The motor is under-powered. I have a hard time believing it's a real  horses.
I have this lathe after rescuing it from languishing at my employ (yes I had permission). It works well, but if you want to do bowl turning, you'd do better to get one that has more torque, a slower speed, and a reversing motor. That said, this one is cheap, well, inexpensive anyway and has a good feature set for its price (fully rotating head, wide speed range, simple mechanical functionality, completeness).I modified mine, to make the spindle turn slower, though it was a bit tricky and probably voids the warranty (not an issue in my case).
I have not tried the outboard turning yet, being that I mostly do small spindle turning projects.It takes a good hour to put the lathe together and you do need another person to place the bed on the legs (after the leg assembly is put together). And do not lose any of the bolts or nuts, because there are no extras as far as I remember.The variable speed is smooth, and the preset "notches" that the speed selector uses are good speeds which will not need any tweaking.
The handle which adjusts the speed can be removed and it has a grouping of 6 holes through which a stop attached to the spring-loaded handle passes to lock the speed. The speed could be smoothly variable within its range, but the holes are easier to manufacture and probably more durable and the smooth variability probably wouldn't be that much better anyway, blah, blah.Anyway, what I did was remove the cowling over the motor to see how far the handle could rotate towards the slow end at most and drilled another hole.
SPEND MONEY ON GOOD CHISELS... it makes a difference.The JET JWL1236 is worth the money. The head and tail stocks match almost perfectly (point to point), and the mechanical parts (stocks, toolrest, motor, variable speed) work just as well as the components on a $3000.00 lathe that I operated last year.
I bought this lathe in 2007 and use it for mostly pens and small items. I have never turned anything as large as a table leg on it. By the beginning of 2011 the bearings were completly shot. I can do small faceplate work but if I use the tailstock, the bearing noise is deafening and I can't get enough accuracy to even turn pens. The steel is really soft in the tapers and galls easily. At least I can smooth it out with sanding cloth.I replaced this lathe with a Nova DVR XP.
The tail stock is very easy to move and adjust with one hand. It is very well built and smooth to use. I really like the ease in which you can change out the centers and mandrels. The tool rest is also equally as easy to adjust and move, as this is key to staying focused and not wasting time. I really like the ease in which you can change the speed of the lathe as well as turning it on and off. The location of these features are great. I had wondered if the motor was big enough and would be able to handle all that we wanted to do with this lathe.
This lathe handled those hard difficult pieces with no problem. I would definitely agree with one of the other reviewers that you want to work with sharp tools (this is of course true with all wood working tools. I highly recommend this lathe to anyone wanting to try out turning.
I got this lathe just in time to take advantage of the Thanksgiving Day weekend and had a blast. This is my second lathe, and it is head and shoulders above the earlier one. Solidly built and very heavy. Due to lack of space in my shop, I mounted the lathe to a large bench rather than the included stand, so I had to remove the power switch from the leg of the stand and mount it on the bench leg.I am amazed at how smooth and quiet this lathe runs. Due to the type of turning I do, I was concerned that the slowest speed was going to be too fast, but the lathe is rock steady spinning a very unbalanced turning blank at the slow speed.Though the instruction manual could have been clearer, setup was quick, easy, and straight forward.If I could change anything about this lathe it would be to add a detent to the speed control between the slowest speed and the next faster one.
Answer: yes