View Single Post
  #12   Report Post  
Posted to rec.crafts.metalworking
Jim Wilkins[_2_] Jim Wilkins[_2_] is offline
external usenet poster
 
Posts: 5,888
Default Adjusting Lathe Chuck Jaws faster on my atlas lathe

wrote in message
...
Well, guys, I feel thoroughly beat up now. But I really don't
understand all the vitriolic comments.
Maybe I failed to explain WHY I offered these ideas:
The main reason for even considering the speed handle and drill
ideas is when reversing chuck jaws or when going from a really
small chuck opening to a really large chuck opening, particularly
with the 4 jaw chuck.
Just go out to your shop and time yourself for reversing the jaws
on a 8" 4 jaw chuck using the tee handle, then try it with the speed
handle.

I have been "spinning the tee handle" for a long time and I am here
to tell you that you shouldn't knock the speed handle until you try
it.

The drill and speed handle thoughts were never meant to deal with
making fine adjustments.
But the two little sockets/square stock tools are up to the job.

I probably wouldn't use the drill method myself, but I added it
simply because I had seen it somewhere.

Pete Stanaitis
--------------


Maybe you need to clean your chuck. Mine spin easily with one finger
on the tee.
-jsw