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Ianagos said:
A2-6 on the cnc and the manual is d1-6

Bigger lathe has a2-8 I believe but I haven’t got that running and it just has a 12” power chuck on it.


My other chuck the b60 is ats as well. They seem to make ok stuff. The run out on that other chuck ain’t the greatest I’ve seen. It’s older though I’ll have to try this chuck out I just gotta make an adapter for my draw tube and get the huge 10” power chuck off.
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Here is a pic of my 5c. I think it's made by Dunham.

I never figured out what the slots on the side were for.

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Alloy,
That looks like a Harding taper spindle nose! The two perpendicular grooves should actually slope away from the open end: they are like screw threads to pull the chuck onto the taper. Super repeatable!

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Weldingrod1 said:
Alloy,
That looks like a Harding taper spindle nose! The two perpendicular grooves should actually slope away from the open end: they are like screw threads to pull the chuck onto the taper. Super repeatable!

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I found the closer on the Dunham web site and nothing about the grooves. It would be nice to know what they are for to add to my versatility of the lathe.

I'd love to find some kind of collet setup that would go to 2" diameter (the through capacity of the spindle) that wouldn't cost me an arm and a leg.

www.dunhamtool.com

DTC-5C-4T-A6

5C Collet Chuck Kit: Includes 4 degree Taper Collet Adapter & Spindle Adapter for A2-6
www.dunhamtool.com www.dunhamtool.com

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Funny from what I understand the threads on the nose of mine are also for Hardinge step collet chucks. I’m sure yours is the same to allow for the use of large 5c step collets.
 
alloy said:
I found the closer on the Dunham web site and nothing about the grooves. It would be nice to know what they are for to add to my versatility of the lathe.

I'd love to find some kind of collet setup that would go to 2" diameter (the through capacity of the spindle) that wouldn't cost me an arm and a leg.

www.dunhamtool.com

DTC-5C-4T-A6

5C Collet Chuck Kit: Includes 4 degree Taper Collet Adapter & Spindle Adapter for A2-6
www.dunhamtool.com www.dunhamtool.com

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As far as the collet system I have the b60 collet chuck that can hold a bit over 2” and it works good I have an older ats nose cap style and they are also dead length setups.

I have another that is slightly smaller of the same style collets and it was made by nc quadro and cost me $70 off eBay. Although the collets cost about that much each. Looks identical to the ats setup just smaller so someone copied someone there...

If you get one of those I recommend you get a master s-20 or s-16 collet because the collet pads are more easily available and can be found on eBay more often.
 
DavidR8 said:
I think you may need to clean off some bugs when it arrives :D
Very cool!
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Thanks

Well supposedly it's been tarped. We shall see when it gets here.

Driver called, will be here on Fiday.
 
7milesup said:
This is the "Hobby Machinist" forum Alloy. That looks awfully big for hobby. LOL. Just yankin' yer chain...
Looks awesome. I am hoping they tarp it too.
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Now don't get jealous because of the size of my "tools" :cool:

I have a hobby sized lathe, Jet 13 x 40. It's a cute little thing. Everything else is big.

I hope I don't get banned because I've been doing this for 30 years and my "tools" are too big :laughing:
 
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