I have a cheap chuck that is held on with 3 cap head screws. My plan is to make a disk that registers the center of the faceplate and the inside lip of the chuck. - I don't remember the exact size.. about 4.5"
On Tue, Mar 23, 2021 at 9:48 PM John Dammeyer <jo...@autoartisans.com> wrote: > > > > From: Sam Sokolik [mailto:samco...@gmail.com] > > http://electronicsam.com/images/greenmachine/IMG_20210321_133551.jpg > > > > So Sam, > What's the diameter of the faceplate? > And are you planning on mounting a chuck onto it? > > If so, all the front mount ones still need some sort of registration > groove on the inner diameter of the mounting screws. > > Andy Pugh created a faceplate for his Harmonic drive that had camlock > chuck capability. This way he could move his 3 or 4 jaw chuck from the > lathe to the 4th axis on the mill. > > In my case I have a South Bend Heavy 10L with the threaded spindle. Short > of modifying it with some sort of locking nut or pin to prevent reverse > rotation off the threads, I'm not sure putting a threaded nose onto a 4th > axis is a good idea. > > A smaller chuck on a faceplate that is threaded for the South bend but has > screws and a registration groove for the 4th axis seems like an idea that > might work. I have 3" chucks for the Gingery Lathe but they are on 16 TPI > threaded arbors. > > John Dammeyer > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
