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Making Spide


 

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In gunsmithing you will run a spider on both sides of the headstock to avoid that issue, there being essentially point contact on both ends.?? You will generally center it using pin gauges.?? Alternatively you can set one end of the barrel in a chuck and the other end supported in a center rest ( steady rest) and once again, center it using pin gauges.? In this case, unless the chuck or the barrel are way out of wack, the degree of deflection is small over the length of the barrel, so no problems.? Unless you are working with an un-tapered barrel blank usually you are a long ways from having full jaw contact anyway with a shim and taper to be contended with.? None of these setups are designed for hogging out lots of material.?

Charles

On 2/4/2019 2:08 PM, Robert Downs via Groups.Io wrote:

If the stock is larger in diameter than 25/32¡± it won¡¯t go through the spindle on an Atlas 9¡±, 10¡± or 12¡± anyway.

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If the stock diameter is 25/32¡± or less and it is held in a 3-jaw chuck or collet on the right end of the spindle and you attempt to move the left end by over tightening one or two of the four bolts in a traditional spider, you will be trying to bend the part or move the chuck jaws or collet.

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Robert Downs

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Has anyone ever tried making a spider with a collet chuck to hold the outboard end of the work?? It seems like that would center up easier.


 

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If the OD was perfectly coventry to the bore , this would work.? However that is never the case. Barrel work should be set up off the bore.

Thats an interesting idea? though.
-Jody


-------- Original message --------
From: S Johnson <cascadianroot@...>
Date: 2/4/19 7:25 PM (GMT-06:00)
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [atlas-craftsman IO] Making Spide

Has anyone ever tried making a spider with a collet chuck to hold the outboard end of the work?? It seems like that would center up easier.