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Hi Folks,
Second post (including the introduction). I have a garage full of machines, one being a Clausing 4914 that I picked up for $150, a few years ago. Other than being fairly greasy, it was in very good shape. I live in the Desert Southwest, so there is rarely trouble with rust. Metal things last forever.
Anyway, I've been using the lathe for various home and work projects, but find that the 3 Jaw chuck is not repeatable in maintaining concentric part clamping. So I was looking for a way to adapt/install a 5C collet chuck to this lathe. It has 1-3/4 x 8 spindle threads. This would help me with my projects considerably. Has anyone done anything similar on a similar lathe, or have an idea of how to do it for a reasonable cost. My preference would be to have something that is ready to thread-on.
As an alternative, I was looking at buying a set of #4MT collets and making a closure clamp. But without the open through hole, it would be somewhat limited.
Any assistance would be appreciated.
Eric
Second post (including the introduction). I have a garage full of machines, one being a Clausing 4914 that I picked up for $150, a few years ago. Other than being fairly greasy, it was in very good shape. I live in the Desert Southwest, so there is rarely trouble with rust. Metal things last forever.
Anyway, I've been using the lathe for various home and work projects, but find that the 3 Jaw chuck is not repeatable in maintaining concentric part clamping. So I was looking for a way to adapt/install a 5C collet chuck to this lathe. It has 1-3/4 x 8 spindle threads. This would help me with my projects considerably. Has anyone done anything similar on a similar lathe, or have an idea of how to do it for a reasonable cost. My preference would be to have something that is ready to thread-on.
As an alternative, I was looking at buying a set of #4MT collets and making a closure clamp. But without the open through hole, it would be somewhat limited.
Any assistance would be appreciated.
Eric
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