I am very confused by a video posted on Youtube to adjust a single jaw on a 4 jaw chuck.

Aw, c'mon. Give him a break. I mean, after all, he DID use oak. :biggrin:
 
This looks like an "independent" 4 jaw chuck. Which means that he's wasting his time numbering the jaws. If one jaw is not working properly, then it seems to me that the keyway or the screw adjusting the jaw is out of kilter. I'm not saying that the jaw is not worn. But I would eliminate everything else before grinding. Something as simple as a piece of swarf or in this case a sliver of oak in the keyway could be the problem. Mark
 
Change of thought.
 
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So he got the jaws ground perfectly.( he thinks)
He has another video on the tube where he shows how he "restored" the lathe.
Ways were worn so he covered them all with rulon tape.
I bet he didnt grind/scrape the surfaces prior, so it will be crap and the lathe looks great but will work like a piece of .....
 
janvanruth said:
So he got the jaws ground perfectly.( he thinks)
He has another video on the tube where he shows how he "restored" the lathe.
Ways were worn so he covered them all with rulon tape.
I bet he didnt grind/scrape the surfaces prior, so it will be crap and the lathe looks great but will work like a piece of .....
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I knew the ways looked red, but I thought it was a reflection of maybe a red packing blanket hanging from the ceiling or something for noise dampening.

Hmm....
 
Well, as a "beginner", I thought that maybe the following shots grabbed from his video may point to where some of his problems emanate.


Looks like someone had big arms and small intellect to do this to the threads, or am I mistaken?

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Since the key drive is so deep, looks to me like someone might have left the chuck key in there & turned on the spindle to cause that damage. If so, I wonder what the ways look like? And if so I bet they learned their lesson real quick!
 
I would say he does really nice wood work. :))
 
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The red packing tape on the ways gives the great feeling of having a luxury item that has not been touched by anyone since it leaved the production line :))
 
Having looked at the other videos in his channel I am getting a better understanding as to what is going on here. The videos are very well made, the lighting is uniform with background shadows that enhance the image but do not detract. The set is immaculately clean and organized with some items scattered to give the impression of use. You cant find a single chip or drop of oil on that work table. There are graphics to reinforce the narration and the narration is scripted, perfectly timed and overlayed. There are no images of the work being performed only of the finished results. I think the time & effort put into making the video is at least as much if not more than the work performed on the lathe.

I think the lathe is meant to be industrial art, a nice conversation piece. By his own admission he has not used the lathe, the "Franken-lathe" does not have a tool post. It looks to me that this is meant to be pretty and not necessarily functional. Clean the grit and grease, remove rust, polish, paint, replace worn wires and broken parts, clean and clear coat the plaques, cover worn ways with tape. I wonder if we are seeing product placement in the use of Rulon tape.

I think this is meant to be entertainment like "Tool Time" and not a mrpete222 instructional video.

Caster
 
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