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I recently started using my new LMS 3595 HiTorque lathe. It came with a 4" 3-jaw mounted and a 5" 4-jaw with 5" back plate as an accessory. I also just purchased a 4" ER32 collet plate. I had to tap the 3-jaw with a wooden dowel in the spindle hole to remove it. For those that don't know, the spindle on this lathe (basically a SC4) has a 4" plate with registration ring as part of the shaft, so everything has to fit that plate. When I tried to mount the 5" backplate for the the 4-jaw and the 4" ER32 collet holder, it seems that the recesses on the back are too small by about a thou or two so them won't sit flush with the plate. Has anyone run into this problem before? If so, how did you solve it?
I guess one option is to have the registration recesses on both the 5" backplate and ER32 collet enlarged, but I'm not sure if that is wise. The other option is to turn down the registration ring on the spindle plate about 0.001" to get them to fit, but that might give me some movement on my 3-jaw chuck.
I guess one option is to have the registration recesses on both the 5" backplate and ER32 collet enlarged, but I'm not sure if that is wise. The other option is to turn down the registration ring on the spindle plate about 0.001" to get them to fit, but that might give me some movement on my 3-jaw chuck.