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Offline Pete49

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MT2 drill chuck
« on: September 16, 2013, 12:42:24 AM »
I was using my Russian lathe the other day so it won't lock up :D and I needed to drill a 7mm hole through the piece in the jaws and oops the supplied chuck just handles 1/4" (6.5mm) at most :shrug: While trying to sort that out I was doing a bit of recycling and the old battery drill has a nice chuck to 3/8" mmmmm. Well I set to got it off the shaft at last (drilled out the stub), made a MT2 and press fit nose and bingo now have a bigger chuck and a rare win.  :whoohoo: Pic shows the original supplied chuck and the new one compliments of the old battery drill
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Offline Chuck in E. TN

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Re: MT2 drill chuck
« Reply #1 on: September 16, 2013, 06:50:45 AM »
Nicely done Pete! I did just the opposite for one of my first projects on the lathe, had 3/8" chuck, wanted 1/4" chuck. The chuck was my Dad's and I turned and threaded the MT2 taper for it.
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Re: MT2 drill chuck
« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2013, 08:35:07 AM »
Good work Pete!  :clap:  :thumbup:
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Re: MT2 drill chuck
« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2013, 03:06:26 PM »
Glad you got it sorted Pete :beer:
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Re: MT2 drill chuck
« Reply #4 on: September 20, 2013, 04:05:16 PM »
hi well dun you
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Offline Pete49

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Re: MT2 drill chuck
« Reply #5 on: September 20, 2013, 10:49:23 PM »
Thanks fellas for the kind comments. It was a bit of a journey but happy with the recycling effort :D Next job is make a MT3 and buy a keyless chuck to use in the tailstock of my main lathe. I have similar chuck but on a 2MT but don't know how to remove the MT2 as its a little different from my other chucks
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Re: MT2 drill chuck
« Reply #6 on: September 21, 2013, 03:48:28 AM »
I love a bit of successful adaptation.  :thumbup:

Well done Pete!  :clap: :clap:

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Offline Pete49

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Re: MT2 drill chuck
« Reply #7 on: September 22, 2013, 11:24:20 PM »
A small adaption was made yesterday due to a slight oversight by me. (nothing unusual there) I went to use it in my Sparey dividing head to hold a small item in the mill and the rotation of the tool pulled it forwards a little. It now has a drawbar and all is good with the world again. I just love the simple fixes
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