Derbyshire Magnus rehab

[Mini Cooper S]

When I read the name of the thread, I thought that old Magnus from Derbyshire fell off the wagon again!

Great job.

Richard

Derbyshire Magnus rehab​

 

[twhite]

I went to a swapmeet this morning. I found 2 small 3 jaw chucks. I never see small chucks 2” or so. Anyhow scooped them up for $6 each. One is a craftsman with 1/2”-20 threads. The other is a made in India with a 12 mm thread.
The craftsman is a bit heavy I think. The India one is better suited. The craftsman runs smooth. As for the India it is unused and sticky. It will need a tear down and good cleaning. I will see if I can find the D style collet adapter for them. Worst case is I can modify the supplied MT2 on the India one. The pain will be making a Buttress threading tool for 10mm.

Cutting oil is my blood.

 

[twhite]

Interesting find on the India chuck. The jaws are reversible. Swap jaws 1&3 when flipping.

Cutting oil is my blood.

 

[twhite]

I started making a riser today. It is made from a 3” dia x 3” long piece of CRS.

To do the radial cut for the lathe bar to fit. I just took my 1-1/2” fly cutter and extended the cutter out to make a 1-3/4” dia.

I need to drill and tap 2 mounting holes on the bottom to mount to a board eventually.


Cutting oil is my blood.

 

[twhite]

Just painted it. I also picked up a piece of pine for the base. I will mess with that next week as I have next week off.

Cutting oil is my blood.

 

[twhite]

Double post fixed.