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| jim:
don't lose faith, post your problems on here :thumbup: :thumbup: |
| Jonny:
Looks a lot more than a few thou to me. Cant believe no one has told him to check the index bolted to spindle 0 and whether the jaws are in the right place, unforgiveable. If 0 lines up on backing plate check the jaws, anticlockwise until 3 drops in, keep pressure on all three jaws whilst clockwise turning until into scroll with key. If jaws meet when fully screwed in its reasonably safe to assume jaws are in right. Known a few chucks where jaws put in wrong will meet ie jaw 3 in 2 etc. |
| snoopdog:
Just use a small brass hammer as you tighten the chuck as you spin it by hand. it happens every day in shops all over the world, slowly tighten the chuck till its good and get on with it. |
| John Hill:
My advice, dont shorten your life by worrying about it! Just think, if it were not for this class of machine mere mortals would never be able to afford a capable lathe for our home shops. My 12x36 leaks oil, there are even places where they drilled right through the casting to bolt a bracket on or some such, oil drips from the places I have to manually oil. They were very considerate too and painted my lathe white so that I can easily see these reassuring oil slicks! :med: |
| Pete.:
Have you used a dial gauge to measure the runout? Hard to tell from the video exactly what it is - 2 or 3 thou would be normal. |
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