Ah! Got it. So obvious now that you say it! Appreciate the input. Hoping to knock that out (at least make progress) tomorrow
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New chuck adapter for SB 9
- Thread starter mzvarner
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Well that took a while Between life getting in the way and me not really knowing what I'm doing!
The cast iron was super hard, so had to get some carbide tools to cut through the crust.
Then I had to figure out a better setup for drilling on my dinky HF drill press. The first hole walked pretty bad. My first setup wasn't very rigid, and I tried to go straight to the clearance hole size. I also did not counterbore the bolt heads, worried there would not be enough metal between the 2 parts?
But now that it's done, I have 2.5 thou of run out and I feel that's pretty good for a 3 jaw? Also wish the surface finish had turned out a little nicer. I was trying to move the carriage handwheel with one hand while holding a shop vac to mitigate dust with the other.
Any advice moving forward?
The cast iron was super hard, so had to get some carbide tools to cut through the crust.
Then I had to figure out a better setup for drilling on my dinky HF drill press. The first hole walked pretty bad. My first setup wasn't very rigid, and I tried to go straight to the clearance hole size. I also did not counterbore the bolt heads, worried there would not be enough metal between the 2 parts?
But now that it's done, I have 2.5 thou of run out and I feel that's pretty good for a 3 jaw? Also wish the surface finish had turned out a little nicer. I was trying to move the carriage handwheel with one hand while holding a shop vac to mitigate dust with the other.
Any advice moving forward?
