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Title: a lathe chuck refurb
Post by: krv3000 on September 09, 2012, 07:08:15 PM

hi all i got this from work it is a burnerd 3.1/2" chuck  was bin thrown out in all it is in good orderbut it had a broken tooth on jaw No2 ther is two ways to reper this type of damige one is to mack and fit a new tooth or drill it and put a pin in i put a pin in to do this you will need to drill a hole with a dimond bur i then made a pin to be a tite fit in the hole and prest it in place right pics

Title: Re: a lathe chuck refurb
Post by: AdeV on September 10, 2012, 07:12:45 AM

Nicely done  :bow:  I would never have guessed you could get away with using a pin instead of a whole tooth.  :smart:

Title: Re: a lathe chuck refurb
Post by: jb3cx on September 10, 2012, 10:03:42 AM

nice job bob,john (double boost) might need some of them pins, :ddb:

Title: Re: a lathe chuck refurb
Post by: sparky961 on September 11, 2012, 09:55:16 PM

Gotta love those simple and elegant solutions.  How do you figure the strength compared to the original tooth?  I guess it wasn't that strong to start, since it did break...

-Sparky

Title: Re: a lathe chuck refurb
Post by: Stilldrillin on September 12, 2012, 03:50:25 AM

Nice, simple fix, Bob!  :clap: :clap: :thumbup:

David D

Title: Re: a lathe chuck refurb
Post by: Fredbare on September 12, 2012, 02:21:01 PM

Thats a brilliant idea, one to store, thanks.

John