Midi lathe problem, continued
Scott
I would recommend trying another approach to chucking up blanks for bottle stoppers. Do you have a scroll chuck? If not... it's pretty high on the list of good things to have.. tho not essential IMO. A small scroll chuck and a 3/8" cold steel rod which you can buy at the HW store. You cut the rod... grind one side flat... grind the tip so it can bite... Then cut a small nail to fit in the flat part... this is a pin chuck. Drill the blank to fit the rod with the pin in place. Insert the blank rotate and then press all the way in for some bite. Bring up the tail stock for roughing. Andy "Scott Zrubek" wrote in message ... I was having a problem with my Delta midi lathe and the screw chuck from PSI for turning bottle stoppers. I put the lathe in for service and they replaced the head and tail stocks. No improvement in the performance. The chuck still wobbles all over the place. I'm now working with PSI to get a new chuck. Hopefully, that will correct the problem. -- Scott Zrubek Mana from Heaven, a book of Roger Zelazny short stories, Coming Soon Zelazny & Amber: http://www.roger-zelazny.com |
Midi lathe problem, continued
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wrote: Scott I would recommend trying another approach to chucking up blanks for bottle stoppers. Do you have a scroll chuck? If not... it's pretty high on the list of good things to have.. tho not essential IMO. A small scroll chuck and a 3/8" cold steel rod which you can buy at the HW store. You cut the rod... grind one side flat... grind the tip so it can bite... Then cut a small nail to fit in the flat part... this is a pin chuck. Drill the blank to fit the rod with the pin in place. Insert the blank rotate and then press all the way in for some bite. Bring up the tail stock for roughing. Andy Thanks for the suggestion. We're just getting started with our own lathe (been using the local high school's for a couple of years), and this is the first item for which a chuck has been necessary. "Scott Zrubek" wrote in message ... I was having a problem with my Delta midi lathe and the screw chuck from PSI for turning bottle stoppers. I put the lathe in for service and they replaced the head and tail stocks. No improvement in the performance. The chuck still wobbles all over the place. I'm now working with PSI to get a new chuck. Hopefully, that will correct the problem. -- Scott Zrubek Mana from Heaven, a book of Roger Zelazny short stories, Coming Soon Zelazny & Amber: http://www.roger-zelazny.com -- Scott Zrubek It's all Isildur's fault I *had* to read those four books! Zelazny & Amber: http://www.roger-zelazny.com |
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