lathe chuck

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At an auction this past week I picked up a bunch of stuff from a local machine shop auction once I knew I was making the drive up. One lot was a "6-jaw chuck" with no other details available. This came home with me for about $35-40 after all fees This ended up being probably the best...

I was trying to thread a piece of 3/8 12L14 in a ER40 collet chuck with a 3/8-16 die, but the piece kept slipping (turning) in the chuck. Installed a 3-jaw (6 "), but it still slipped no matter how tight I could get the chuck, using the normal chuck key. I was reluctant to use a breaker bar on...

I have an Enco 110 (but not like all the other Enco 110 lathes), and I'm wondering if there's any way to make an educated guess on the spindle and back plate. I took the chuck off, and the shoulder on the back plate is very close to 130mm; I couldn't really tell about the spindle, but it looks...

When I bought my lathe, it came with two chucks; a 3-jaw 6" and a 3-jaw 8". The 6" is currently mounted on the (Enco 12x36) lathe, and I do not know if the 8" has the proper backing plate (it has one, unthreaded, that I have not measured). Since I have two chucks and both are 3-jaw, I figured I...

i'm toying with the idea of purchasing a 6 jaw chuck for a lathe i own. if anyone can state the virtues or the disadvantages in their view, i'd sure like to hear them. i have already accepted that this item is not necessarily a must have, i have gone to this point without. thanks in advance...