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Any drawings for such a thing? Having a hard time envisioning it until I have the new chuck in hand. I love this lathe, but I use it all the time and would prefer to bring it up to date where it makes sense.?

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Thanks!

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Ryan

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Hi Ryan

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Is? your current chuck a direct mount or does it have a mounting back plate?? Also the standard size three jaw chuck for a Lot 3 4 and 5 was four inches.? The standard offered 4 jaw was a five inch.? There are a number of fairly good quality 4 inch three jaw chucks available on a number of eBay sites.? As to new mounting back plates there are none to be had so you have to make them.? I have made new back plates for a Dalton? Lot 3 4 and 5 using a 1 inch 10 back plate meant for a small Atlas or Craftsman lathe. ?These usually have sufficient material around the spindle thread that allow you to open them up to Dalton size of 1 ? - 12.

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Dennis

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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ryan Bardsley
Sent: Saturday, March 5, 2022 3:26 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [DaltonLathes] Chuck options

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Hello, guys. I am reaching out to see if anyone has managed to come up with a good solution for replacing the chuck on their Dalton Lot 5. The chuck that came with my lathe was in pretty?bad shape and really seems to be where a lot of my eccentricity is coming from. Is there a modern option that I could throw money at to bring things up to modern accuracy standards? Any tips or techniques for truing the original one? I don't see any sort of truing options.?

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Many thanks!

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Ryan

Manchester, MA