Mounted Chuck on Rotary Table

[papermaker]

I Tha a little extra time today so i decided to make a way to mount an old lathe chuck to my rotary table . It's not the prettiest piece but it works!

 

[8ntsane]

It don't need to look Purdy, but if it works for you, and does the job its all good. Either your chuck is very small, or that rotary table is a very big boy.

Nice job

 

[papermaker]

12" Bidgeport rotary table and a 4" chuck. The table does seem to dwarf the chuck!

 

[elia0224]

Good idea to mount a chuck onto a table. I haven't seen one manufactured like this. Are they made? I want to do it too.

 

[papermaker]

The chuck? It's off from a Craftsman lathe. 4" OD. It mounted to the backing plate with 4- 1/4"-20TPI screws. The plate I mounted it to is 1/4" HR steel. I milled a recess in the steel plate and use the existing screws in tapped holes. I milled 4 slots that line up with the "T" slots in the rotary table. I want to finish it by attaching tabs on the bottom that will fit into the "T" slots. If my thinking and measurements are correct it should center itself. If not I drilled a small hole in the center of the steel plate to get it centered.