Any ideas on how to center this chuck so it runs true to my spindle?
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Best Regards
Tom.
1. April Fools???
2. The photo suggests you have it, so why not get some use from it? I
would disassemble it and turn the body round for balance, then bolt it
to a faceplate. Sometimes a chuck that can go from lathe to mill and
back to lathe is useful.
That chuck is no wierder than some of the other custom lathe setups
people have published. It might be good for turning a small
crankshaft, less fussy and more secure than a vee block and angle
plate.
jsw
BFH, Tom. B F H, then weld in place, grounding on the bed.
--
It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent,
but the one most responsive to change.
-- Charles Darwin
>I got this chuck that i want to use on my logan 12" lathe. While fitting the
>chuck to the
>backplate i noticed the chuck does not have a recess on the back side for
>centering.
>
>Any ideas on how to center this chuck so it runs true to my spindle?
>
That would be scary spinning at 1500 rpm. It will likely be out of balance, round is so
much safer than that thing spinning away. Just wait until you manage to get hit by a
spinning edge.
Is this an April fools day joke?
Wes
Once he gets it mounted, he can round it off :)
I think it looks like a rest rather than a chuck.
The two holes at the top of the picture would
attach to a bracket on the carriage or bed.
--
jiw
Phew! I thought I was the only one...
--
Michael Koblic,
Campbell River, BC
I think so, since that was a steady rest in his pic. ;)
P.S: I hope nobody grounds through the bed and welds a chuck on,
through the gears and bearings.
Nope not a steady rest. Its a real machining chuck, picked it up at a garage
sale for $10.00.
http://www1.mscdirect.com/CGI/NNSRIT?PMPXNO=4460984&PMT4NO=82924438
Best Regards
Tom.
What are you going to do with the $1105.56 you saved?
Or with the chuck?
jsw
>
Oh, I don't like the look of that thing at _all_.
I guess I can save my $1,200, eh?
Vises and chucks are both work holding devices. That doesn't mean it's
a good idea to fasten a mill vise to your lathe spindle and spin it at
1000 RPM. Except on April 1. <g>
--
Ned Simmons
What does one do with such a chuck?
Milling fixture?
"RBnDFW" <burkh...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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Yep, I use it in the mill. shaper and surface grinder. It is keyed on the
back side to drop
rite in to a T-sloted table. The top jaws are removable and making custom
jaws is a snap
to hold some weird shapes that I occasionaly have to machine.
Best Regards
Tom.
"Ned Simmons" <ne...@nedsim.com> wrote in message
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You got me.
Best Regards
Tom.