Re: 3-jaw largest bore?
No, I fully understood what you were asking. I mentioned it as an aside. My apologies. Should have been more clear about that.
Doug.
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Doug Pfaff
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Re: 3-jaw largest bore?
I never said that I wanted to bore the spindle.? Someone had misread or misunderstood my post.? My question, same as the thread title, was about the 3-jaw chuck.? If I can bore to 3/4" I'll be
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MikeK
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Re: 3-jaw largest bore?
hi I took mine out to just shy of the screw threads. Pete
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peter fernell
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It could take longer with heat wave.
My wife and Doctors do not want meb work heat.
Whe new lathe last November I wanted to know from Doctor what diet I should to live 20 or 30 years longer. Thinking
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davesmith1800
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Re: 3-jaw largest bore?
What is 13//16? I’d guess about 20mm? Seems a lot of work for marginal gain. Then there are others who complain the mini-lathe is not very stiff. It would seem that boring the spindle even a
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Chris Albertson <albertson.chris@...>
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Re: 3-jaw largest bore?
Okay, thanks guys.
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MikeK
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Re: 3-jaw largest bore?
I too have collets, but I also purchased a 4 inch 3 jaw from little machine
shop that I mostle use.
Regards,
John Mattis (retired mechanical engineer
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John Mattis
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Re: 3-jaw largest bore?
I bored my 3" chuck out to 3/4". I no longer use the chuck very often, as I do most of my work with collets now.? Looks like 13/16" would work, but it looks like you would cut into the heads of the 3
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John Los
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Re: 3-jaw largest bore?
You can bore the 3 inch 3 jaw out to 0/760 diameter so 3/4 inch stock will
pass through
John Mattis (retired Mechanical engineer)
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John Mattis
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Re: 3-jaw largest bore?
Should be able to go out to say 13/16" with a boring bar. Owner of Little Machine Shop used to loan out a 13/16" reamer to ream the spindle bore.
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Doug Pfaff
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3-jaw largest bore?
I seem to remember some years ago someone had increased the through-bore of the standard 3" 3-jaw chuck, but I can't remember where and didn't find anything in my search.? It may have been
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MikeK
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Do have delays in work .
Yesterday it was replacing flush valve.? Today is blood and seed for lawn .
I hope do try a cut today.
The other is health I have stage 4 colan cancer since 2009. FYI I
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davesmith1800
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Dave, we want to see what you do!
Ralph
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Ralph Hulslander
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Thank you all for information.
Looking forward to machining the plexiglass
Dave
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davesmith1800
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I've mainly turned optics from plexiglass but have a similar experience to what others have described, see:
https://gadgetbuilder.com/OpticalPunch.html#Lucite_Optics
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GadgetBuilder
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Just a advice.
One of you have big experience with Plexiglas: use super sharp tool.
I have no experience with plexiglass, however, I have now done a lot of positive cutting with this tool
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Johannes
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nomaly
i? use? my? wood? late for? chek? piece? exemple
and? the wood? tools? work? very well? on plexiglase
test it? on wood? tools
jack 47 71
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Jacques Savard
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I have machined a lot of plastic.? I favor HSS tools that are VERY sharp.
I also keep a diamond hand hone at the ready to further sharpen a bit after grinding, and to touch up the edge from time to
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Charles Kinzer
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Just plexiglass rod for making game pieces from.
First time turning plexiglass
All my life has been metals.
Any comments
Dave
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davesmith1800
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Both my 8" HF grinder and my 6" HF grinder shake badly.? The 8" was mounted on a heavy stand and it still ran across the floor unless I loaded down it down with weight...and that was *after* truing
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MikeK
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