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Hi everyone,

I was cleaning the red grease off of my Homier Lathe today. I tried
to remove the 3-jaw chuck, but could not keep the chuck from turning
to unscrew the 3 screws. What I did is open up the chuck and wrap a
rag around a screw drive and put it in the jaws to keep it from
turning. well this worked for me, but i'm sure this is not the right
way to do it, I don't want to get into the habit of doing it this
way, if there is a chance of breaking the jaws. So my question is
What is the proper way to remove a chuck from the lathe?

Thanks for you help.

Kelvin

Kevil,
First of all removing a chuck, do it carefully, there 3 or 4
screws on the back of the chuck. What I did on my little lathe was put a 5
inch chuck on it, I used the back plate that HF sells and mounted the
chuck. Things got much easier to do and I do recommend doing this enhancement.

Here is the URL on how to do it and where to get stuff from:


Jerry

Put the chuck key in one of the holes; use it to keep the chuck
from turning.

Roy
--- In 7x12minilathe@..., "lecompte126"
<lecompte126@h...> wrote:

Hi everyone,

I was cleaning the red grease off of my Homier Lathe today. I

tried

to remove the 3-jaw chuck, but could not keep the chuck from

turning

to unscrew the 3 screws. What I did is open up the chuck and wrap

a

rag around a screw drive and put it in the jaws to keep it from
turning. well this worked for me, but i'm sure this is not the

right

way to do it, I don't want to get into the habit of doing it this
way, if there is a chance of breaking the jaws. So my question is
What is the proper way to remove a chuck from the lathe?

Thanks for you help.

Kelvin

Kelvin, The normal method most folks use is to use either the chuck
key itself, or what I made for mine. I made a separate hand key for
the various chucks that I use on mine. In the Photos section, look
under "Ed's stuff" and you'll see a photo of what I use. The
construction of them is pretty easy, using some square stock and file
handles. These help you to get a decent purchase on the chuck when
tightening the nuts, plus make a handy tool for setting up your
work. Just size the square stock for the appropriate square hole on
your particular chuck. On both of them, the square stock is bedded
about the same distance inside as what is showing on the outside. I
drilled a round hole slightly smaller than the square stock and then
whackalated the thing together. Works great...

Ed

--- In 7x12minilathe@..., "lecompte126"
<lecompte126@h...> wrote:

Hi everyone,

I was cleaning the red grease off of my Homier Lathe today. I

tried

to remove the 3-jaw chuck, but could not keep the chuck from

turning

to unscrew the 3 screws. What I did is open up the chuck and wrap

a

rag around a screw drive and put it in the jaws to keep it from
turning. well this worked for me, but i'm sure this is not the

right

way to do it, I don't want to get into the habit of doing it this
way, if there is a chance of breaking the jaws. So my question is
What is the proper way to remove a chuck from the lathe?

Thanks for you help.

Kelvin

Kelvin; if it (1) getting the screws out, (2) not hurting the lath, (3)
not hurting you then it is probably OK!

Bill in Boulder "Engineering as an Art Form!"

Proper method is what you're doing, minus the rag.

Graciously,
Jim
Lakewood, CA
All Hail Rube Goldberg!

lecompte126 wrote:

IMHO, the proper method is to use the chuck key in a key hole.
Any slight chance of distorting the chuck body is reduced by applying
the force against the large pinion bearing surface instead of against
the relatively skinny slots of the jaw-locating face.

Roy
--- In 7x12minilathe@..., "Jim E." <jim0000@a...> wrote:

Proper method is what you're doing, minus the rag.

Graciously,
Jim
Lakewood, CA
All Hail Rube Goldberg!

lecompte126 wrote:

Hi everyone,

I was cleaning the red grease off of my Homier Lathe today. I

tried

to remove the 3-jaw chuck, but could not keep the chuck from

turning

to unscrew the 3 screws. What I did is open up the chuck and

wrap a

rag around a screw drive and put it in the jaws to keep it from
turning. well this worked for me, but i'm sure this is not the

right

way to do it, I don't want to get into the habit of doing it this
way, if there is a chance of breaking the jaws. So my question is
What is the proper way to remove a chuck from the lathe?

Thanks for you help.

Kelvin