You don't need to take off the chuck if you mount your blank on a mandrel.
If you need more specific instructions, email me.

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Ron Thompson
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"jt" wrote in message
...
I have a Craftex (sold by Busy Bee in Canada) 7 x 8 mini lathe - moreor
less
the same as all the other mini lathes that are common.

How do I get the chuck off?

What will I find when it is off?

I'm looking to make some v-belt pulleys and figure that bolting an
aluminium
plate to a face-plate would let me do one side and the groove, flipping it
I
could do the other side parallel.