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Gonna Do's.........
Stilldrillin:
Hi Peter.
That's a fine protector pad. Much more decorative than mine! :clap:
The studs are the 28mm long ones, originally supplied with the machine. Tightened against the plain portion, using a couple of nuts locked together.
They have never come loose, unless I needed to swap them to another chuck........ :thumbup:
David D
stirling lad:
David ,, Cack handed yes, I think that ones used up and down the country, but then it would'nt be the first time i was wrong :doh:
I think my studs are all like Peters ,, threaded all the way...
...Mike...
awemawson:
I've used the same square of 18mm chipboard for the last 15 years as a chuck board - soaked in oil and battered at the corners it sits patiently propped up against the headstock end of the lathe waiting for the next (quite infrequent) chuck change !
Stilldrillin:
Hi Andrew.
Yes! Keep remembering Sod's law, and always store it where you can immediately find it. :thumbup:
For anyone who might be contemplating longer chuck nuts.
My machine's gap is 14mm wide. (Taper rollers)...... Shakedown trials have shown, 12mm long nuts are easier to maneuver.......
David D
Stilldrillin:
Some while ago, I bought this tapping chuck from RDG, for around £17........
What a waste! The thing is rather large for a mini lathe. And the useless chuck won't grip the hard/ smooth tap shank. :bang:
Last Thursday's fleamarket yielded one these, for £4.......
Removed the plug, indent ball and spring. Then loctited in, a length of M8 studding.
Turned down to 6mm, or so........
A piece of 45mm dia x 1" plastic. 8mm cross hole. Piece of 8mm o/d alloy tube, (from a wind chime)........
Hold gently, in tailstock chuck. Grip the handle for drive.
Not tried it out yet.........
Any extra torque needed, a 6mm tommy bar will fit through the alloy tube.
That's summat else sorted! :thumbup:
David D
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