Chuck plus live center? Also a pic of my Sherline

"Like spin up the three jaw chuck without tightening it down? "

...better than leaving the chuck wrench in!:nono:
 
stainless said:
Thank you, gentlemen. The steady rest was going to cause me to waste material.

Also, can I add mini sealed bearings to the tip of my steady rest arms? Seems like that would be a better setup than the bare brass/bronze tips. I can always flip the arms around if the size is too big or small.
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Let me know if you need little ball bearings for that. I got a whole lotta them, taking up (thankfully) not too much space. Unfortunately, they're metric bores/sizes, but I get 'em for free. Good score on the Sherline! They're darn capable little lathes, and once you get a bigger one, the scraps from the big lathe become stock for the little lathe. :)

PM me if you need bearings. I got *plenty* of 'em!
 
Nice! Reminds me of Pete Gray's stuff. Good to see someone here with the same interests as me. I'm currently sporting a Tom Andersom Ti trit fob but I have my own Ti trit fobs on my list of projects to do. You on USN, CPF, etc?
 
darkzero said:
Nice! Reminds me of Pete Gray's stuff. Good to see someone here with the same interests as me. I'm currently sporting a Tom Andersom Ti trit fob but I have my own Ti trit fobs on my list of projects to do. You on USN, CPF, etc?
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Thank you. I'm pretty new with the edc stuff. If it's all half a useful as the glowing keyring, count me in.
 
stainless said:
Like spin up the three jaw chuck without tightening it down? I stopped it maybe 10 seconds before happy fun time. I am now reading books and asking questions.

Thank you for your help!
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I forgot to toghten my er collet chuck today, bahh their i said it :)

stuart
 
stainless said:
Thank you, gentlemen. The steady rest was going to cause me to waste material.

Also, can I add mini sealed bearings to the tip of my steady rest arms? Seems like that would be a better setup than the bare brass/bronze tips. I can always flip the arms around if the size is too big or small.
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The only problem that I have ever experienced when using rollers in a steady/follow rest is keeping the chips out. Solid fingers do not let the chips in, rollers eat them. I had a rather large chip get between the rollers and the part on a 24 x 96 lathe, it broke the casting on the upper half of the steady and ruined the part as well. Since then, 1993 or so, I put a cardboard or whatever material is handy chip guard between the steady/follow rest and the tool. I often rough large lathe parts at .125-.200 DOC so the chips are substantial, yet a small chip will ruin your day.


I can not stress this enough, do not let chips get between the roller bearings and part in a steady rest.
 
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