Re: ER40 Collet Chuck alternative thought.
Like Rick, I am also a rank amateur, but without even the benefit of a shop class. As he said, Make One! You¡¯ll be mighty proud. ?
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Jack Dinan
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#107260
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Re: ER40 Collet Chuck alternative thought.
This is what I did. ?In the end it wasn¡¯t really difficult, just take your time cutting the threads. Those metric thread are very fine. I made the first one for my SB9A, I made a second one when I
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Rick
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#107259
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Re: ER40 Collet Chuck alternative thought.
Here¡¯s another pathway, suggested by many others as well. Ten years ago, I had no idea how to cut a metric thread on my SB9A. The internet and a single article in HSM magazine convinced me that I
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Jack Dinan
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#107258
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Re: ER40 Collet Chuck alternative thought.
Why don't you get this, instead?
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Andrei
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#107257
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ER40 Collet Chuck alternative thought.
Hi, WRT collet chucks for the lathe.? I've been planning to make the attached adapter for a while to suit my single tumbler heavy 10.? What is stopping me is my inability to cut metric threads so I
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Erik S.
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#107256
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Re: Collets for 1922 SB model 37 15" lathe
You could make that one a tru-adjust with a few tapped holes . ??? ??? animal
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mike allen
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Re: Collets for 1922 SB model 37 15" lathe
I found this on ebay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/283988322051?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D77700 8%26algo%3DPERSONAL.TOPIC%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20220705100511%26meid%3D29d512390
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Rick Swineford
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#107254
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Re: Lathe headstock collet adapter
No I don't. I was planning on making one out of some HDPE I have on hand. I'll have to go out and check my collet adapter this afternoon. I don't remember there being any clearance between the spindle
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Richard Green
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#107253
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Re: Lathe headstock collet adapter
I can't answer your thread question , but there should be one of those threaded spindle protectors that goes on before you slip the collet adapter in . It's so you can remove the adapter without
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mike allen
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#107252
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Lathe headstock collet adapter
In the boxes of tooling that came with the heavy 10L I adopted last summer, there is a number of 5C collets, a hollow drawbar, and not one, but two adapters for the spindle end. One of them is a
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Richard Green
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Re: OT maybe, but ebay dividing heads?
I made a mistake , my apologies . ??? ??? animal
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mike allen
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Re: Collets for 1922 SB model 37 15" lathe
See if this works for your lathe. There are collet chucks with all sorts of lathe attachment options. https://www.shars.com/5-er40-zero-set-fine-adjustment-collet-chuck
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Andrei
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#107249
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Re: Collets for 1922 SB model 37 15" lathe
If you plan on making or adapting a collet chuck, it does not matter what is your taper because the collet chucks thread on the spindle nose. Using the chucks with the Morse taper will extend far out
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Andrei
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#107248
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Re: OT maybe, but ebay dividing heads?
+1 on the chinese BS0 dividing head. And it is vastly lighter than my BS1 LW Chuck dividing head. If anyone is interested in a BS1, let me know. It is too big for my current milling machine and just
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Andrei
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Re: Collets for 1922 SB model 37 15" lathe
You're right!? My brain must not have been braining! Bill in OKC William R. Meyers, MSgt, USAF(Ret.) Aphorisms to live by:Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad
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Bill in OKC too
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#107246
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Re: Collets for 1922 SB model 37 15" lathe
Bill, that looks to me like a mic for measuring minor, not major diameters. An ordinary flat anvil jobbie does the major. Eddie
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[email protected]
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#107245
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Re: Collets for 1922 SB model 37 15" lathe
Thank you Mike. I have other thread gauges but had not found one that went that large of pitch. It is ordered and on its way. Rick Sent: Sunday, February 12, 2023 5:15 PM To: [email protected]
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Rick Swineford
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#107244
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Re: OT maybe, but ebay dividing heads?
Hi There, I think we're having a communication problem.? In an earlier post, you said: *" You could use all sorts of MT3 devices in these tailstock ..."* I was just pointing out that the *tailstock*
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wlw19958
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#107243
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Re: OT maybe, but ebay dividing heads?
Isn't the tailstock center round where it is clamped ? I'm pretty sure the one I have is . ??? ??? animal
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mike allen
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#107242
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Re: OT maybe, but ebay dividing heads?
Hi There, I have a couple of them and I think there is a misconception about the tailstock.? The MT 3 is the taper in the headstock.? The tailstocks don't have a tapered socket. One I have has the
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wlw19958
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