Stan Schaefer wrote:
"jt" jtaylor... wrote ...
I have a Craftex (sold by Busy Bee in Canada) 7 x 8 mini lathe -
more or less the same as all the other mini lathes that are common.

How do I get the chuck off?
....
If it's like the HF/Homier 7" minilathes, you'll find 3 or 4 nuts
behind the flange that the chuck is bolted to. The chuck has studs
extending through the flange. You'll find a number of holes through
the rim of the flange when you pull the chuck off, number depends on
lathe model, plus a raised register spigot in the center of the flange
for chuck to center on. Mark flange and chuck before pulling the
chuck so you can get it back in the same position.
....

If you change chucks often, you might find the tool at
http://www.metalwebnews.com/howto/nu...utstarter.html
useful. Some pictures of this same nut-starter appear in
dropbox 2002 retired files* but the reference above includes
a better description and picture of usage such that it takes
less than 5 minutes to take off one chuck and get another
in place ready to use.
-jiw

*
http://www.metalworking.com/dropbox/...nutstarter.txt