The backplate squeezing collet works very well and you can take normal cuts in each direction. Had this setup on a Emco Compact 8. I highly recommend it.?
You can implement it easily on a SB 9a. It is basically the same thread size (only not metric) as the Emco.
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From: SouthBendLathe@groups.io <SouthBendLathe@groups.io> on behalf of Mike Poore via groups.io <mpoore10@...>
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2025 8:41:26 PM
To: SouthBendLathe@groups.io <SouthBendLathe@groups.io>
Subject: Re: [SouthBendLathe] SB9 Reverse
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I think my belt would slip before this would unscrew. I will have to put this on the to do list. Thanks for the photos.
On 1/20/2025 8:32 AM, ww_big_al via groups.io wrote:
That looks like it will work for reverse. As long as you are not doing heavy/hard turning.
Al
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Here’s a ?better picture of the 4jaw

and the 3jaw