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What to do when the part *almost* fits into the chuck, but not quite? The correct answer is not "attempt to chuck it up with just the last few teeth gripping the scroll"
I've been putting off getting a larger chuck, mostly because I don't use the lathe nearly as much as the mill. I was attempting to hold a piece that was bigger than the little 4" chuck can realistically hold and as a result I evidently put too much stress on jaw 3 and broke off the first tooth.
I present for your entertainment, a chuck which had survived 100 years of use only to get broken by a noob.
It's a 4" 3 jaw Oneida National Chuck. I'm not certain as to it's age, it may or may not have been original to the 1903 Seneca Falls lathe, I don't know.
Here's the damaged jaw, with the fragment in the center.
I had to disassemble the chuck to get the fragment out.
I have been putting off getting a larger chuck, I'm leaning toward an 8", but I'm uncertain if that might be a bit too much for a 9+" belt driven lathe. Have any suggestions?
I've been putting off getting a larger chuck, mostly because I don't use the lathe nearly as much as the mill. I was attempting to hold a piece that was bigger than the little 4" chuck can realistically hold and as a result I evidently put too much stress on jaw 3 and broke off the first tooth.
I present for your entertainment, a chuck which had survived 100 years of use only to get broken by a noob.
It's a 4" 3 jaw Oneida National Chuck. I'm not certain as to it's age, it may or may not have been original to the 1903 Seneca Falls lathe, I don't know.
Here's the damaged jaw, with the fragment in the center.
I had to disassemble the chuck to get the fragment out.
I have been putting off getting a larger chuck, I'm leaning toward an 8", but I'm uncertain if that might be a bit too much for a 9+" belt driven lathe. Have any suggestions?