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I have a 70's SS Mark V.

I tried the lathe tonight, and it didn't go well. I tried with a piece of pine, squared off.

The ends were centred.

When I turned on the machine, it ran fine, then seized. I feel it may be picking up too much friction on the end point.

Has anyone else had lathe issues? Any hints for me?

I donot think it is the tooling, it is internal, post this in Maintenance, I bet a lube/ internal belt problem. All here will fix,walk you through it.

I just posted in the other section.
Bill V