Me either. They have to pay eBay fees and still do all the handling and shipping. If I get any thing branded Shars I first check their cheap eBay seller. I just bought a Cushman ball bearing chuck on eBay that was considerably cheaper than all the other options. Looks really nicely made and smooth as silk. Will be testing it for runout tonight.
Price from PM on evilbay
You wouldn’t happen to have any CA size tool post holders would you ?!If you picked up a bigger lathe , I could help you out .
I too have one of these cheapo sets. I find it very capable. The only feature that gives me fits is the pin that the draw bar cams from. It slides in and out of position easily. Does just fine when locked down, but during set up it will drive me to picking boogers.
well why not glue it in with locktite, or epoxy, or CA??? there's an easy way to get rid of frustrations... Fix them.
That is a good idea, but in doing so, you loose the ability to disassemble. Even thought about putting a bolt in its place but the nut and head would protrude past the flats on the holder. The best my pea brain has been able to think of so far is to upset one side of the pin creating an interference fit, but that would likely result in opening up the hole the pin rides in.
