Tin Falcon
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When setting Up my little Machinex 5 lathe I discovered the hard jaw of the chuck was hitting the material before the soft Jaws. I wanted to make a new spare set anyway but did not like being forced into it.
I know the general procedures for soft jaws it to chuck up a spacer/washer in the back of the jaws and bore to diameter leaving a shoulder. I did that and it works fine for short pieces but I would like to put material through the head stock on this.
So how do I load the chuck/ jaws so the jaws do not move while through boring/truing.
My thought was to bolt a plate to the face of the jaws with the jaw mounting holes.
Had anyone done this one a taig/ Sherline sized lathe?
this is a 3" Tommy bar style 3 jaw scroll chuck.
the spindle threads are an odd size so this limits options some . I can and have made back plates for a lathe like this (One for a friend) but I have a factory chuck. they are rare and would like to use it.
So ideas options please.
While typing this I jut realized I may be able to chuck up an aluminum slug on the hard jaws need to take closer look.
but other ideas or confirmation could be helpfull to others as well as this old bird LOL
Tin
I know the general procedures for soft jaws it to chuck up a spacer/washer in the back of the jaws and bore to diameter leaving a shoulder. I did that and it works fine for short pieces but I would like to put material through the head stock on this.
So how do I load the chuck/ jaws so the jaws do not move while through boring/truing.
My thought was to bolt a plate to the face of the jaws with the jaw mounting holes.
Had anyone done this one a taig/ Sherline sized lathe?
this is a 3" Tommy bar style 3 jaw scroll chuck.
the spindle threads are an odd size so this limits options some . I can and have made back plates for a lathe like this (One for a friend) but I have a factory chuck. they are rare and would like to use it.
So ideas options please.
While typing this I jut realized I may be able to chuck up an aluminum slug on the hard jaws need to take closer look.
but other ideas or confirmation could be helpfull to others as well as this old bird LOL
Tin