Taking Chinese 3 Jaw Metal Lathe chuck apart for cleaning

[Jim Dobson]

Taking the Chinese 3 Jaw Metal Lathe chuck apart for cleaning. Really happy I did this. The chuck hadn't been as smooth as it had been and there was a lot of crap inside it. Back to its usual smoothness and a pleasure to use again. Never done it before and it proved fairly easy. If yours isn't smooth, don't hesitate to take it apart and clean it.

[NormanV]

My Burnard three jaw chuck had got rather tight and graunchy so I stripped it down and thoroughly cleaned it. There appeared to be no problems on a visual inspection so I reassembled it, it is no longer graunchy but it is still tight. I envy the people I see in YouTube videos spinning the chuck key as they adjust their chucks.

[Jim Dobson]

I did whip this off again yesterday Norman and put a light smear of grease in it.