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Default How do you attach a 3-jaw chuck to a mill's table?

On Oct 9, 9:40*am, "Paul C. Schiller" wrote:
Hi,

So how do you prefer to attach a plain-back, 6-inch, 3-jaw chuck to your mill's table with three T-slots?

Appreciate any wisdom offered.

PaulS


How does somebody who has a "clue" do it, or how do "I" do it?

Do you mean to just bolt the chuck down to use it as a round stock
vise?

I like to make things that I can repeat. I might cut some flat stock
with an alignment key I can place in the t-slots of the table, then
flip it over and mill it flat. Then cut a deep pocket in the "center"
to use for future zeroing. Then cut a shallower snug slip fit pocket
in the plate to set the chuck down into. Clamp, bolt, season to taste
from there.