Re: Tired of almost dropping your chuck when installing/removing.
I use the tailstock to hold the chuck in place (both removing and re-installing) and use a paperclip with a 90 degree bend in the end for the nut. Never lost a nut, never dropped a chuck. Many many years ago someone posted that method to this group - prolly when it was still on yahoo.
Vince.
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On 05/02/2022 12:20 AM, Gerald Feldman wrote: One solution to those "little bastard nuts" is to start the nut on the stud using a nut holder similar to that found in A.C. Gilbert Erector Sets. Another is to employ a small child (though not necessarily a little bastard) that has small enough fingers to fit into the allotted space.
Jerry F.
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of WAM
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2022 4:39 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [7x12MiniLathe] Tired of almost dropping your chuck when installing/removing.
So was I - so I designed this:
there's link to the 3D print files and STEP files on that page too...
Video here:
Now I can concentrate on putting the little bastard nuts on and not
dropping the chuck on my toes...
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Re: Stupid Saturday question
Evan
The link to your Hero Engine project needs a . between www and Hero
Also, the Online Geartrain software Home Page opens, but when I try to open any of the other pages, e.g. taper turning, I get an error message 'Pale Moon can't establish a connection to the server at localhost:63342.'
Same problem in Firefox.
On Monday, 2 May 2022, 11:44:14 GMT+1, Evan <aedlewis@...> wrote:
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I didn't understand this until I learned the hard way. The handle on my cross-slide was broken, so I simply made a new one out of stainless steel. It was my first attempt at turning as an amateur. ?But i didn't balance it up precisely. Sure enough, as others have said. It kept turning on its own, which is certainly annoying. It has a handle on one end but not the other. So I made a short ball handle on the other end and it behaves itself quite well and is lovely to use. ?In high school I learned how to keep the handle turning continuously while changing hand positions as it goes around and that extra knob helps considerably, without getting in the way. If you had full length handles on both ends they would balance but the second handle would get in the way. ?The photo was taken before I added a stubby handle about 1/3rd length on the other end. The actual handles are held on by counter-sunk flat-topped screws into tapped holes, from the back, where you can't see them. My lathe is a Boxford A 1955 9" throw.  -- Evan Lathe: 1955 Boxford Model A with screw cutting gearbox and power feed. My Free Online Geartrain Software: My YouTube Channel and Playlist about using an engineers lathe: ? Project to build a Greek Hero steam engine and measure its power output:?
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Re: Tired of almost dropping your chuck when installing/removing.
WAM - Interesting solution; anything is better than dropping the chuck on the ways. You might be interested in joining the group below, where you will find people who "do believe in 3D printing" and that it's just another way to create stuff in the shop? ;-) /g/3D-Printing-for-Metal-Hobbyists
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Re: Tired of almost dropping your chuck when installing/removing.
The 3D molding sure is a high tech solution to this problem. ?The method I have seen is to place a piece of thick timber on the bed ways to prevent damage. My 5" chuck is screwed on. ?I just put my hand between the chuck and the ways instead of a piece of timber. I would rather crush my hand than damage the ways. But in fact the chuck is light enough that it has never happened. Now I like the idea of putting a rod through the spindle. Clamping the 3 jaw onto the bar would keep it nicely in line while screwing it on or off, especially if the bar fits neatly into the spindle. I will try that.
Evan
Lathe: 1955 Boxford Model A with screw cutting gearbox and power feed.
My Free Online Geartrain Software:
My YouTube Channel and Playlist about using an engineers lathe: ?
Project to build a Greek Hero steam engine and measure its power output:?
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Re: Stupid Saturday question
I didn't understand this until I learned the hard way. The handle on my cross-slide was broken, so I simply made a new one out of stainless steel. It was my first attempt at turning as an amateur. ?But i didn't balance it up precisely. Sure enough, as others have said. It kept turning on its own, which is certainly annoying. It has a handle on one end but not the other. So I made a short ball handle on the other end and it behaves itself quite well and is lovely to use. ?In high school I learned how to keep the handle turning continuously while changing hand positions as it goes around and that extra knob helps considerably, without getting in the way. If you had full length handles on both ends they would balance but the second handle would get in the way. ?The photo was taken before I added a stubby handle about 1/3rd length on the other end. The actual handles are held on by counter-sunk flat-topped screws into tapped holes, from the back, where you can't see them. My lathe is a Boxford A 1955 9" throw.  -- Evan Lathe: 1955 Boxford Model A with screw cutting gearbox and power feed. My Free Online Geartrain Software: My YouTube Channel and Playlist about using an engineers lathe: ? Project to build a Greek Hero steam engine and measure its power output:?
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Re: Tired of almost dropping your chuck when installing/removing.
Mike, ? I was being facetious.? ? Jerry F. ?
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Miket_NYC
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2022 9:37 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [7x12MiniLathe] Tired of almost dropping your chuck when installing/removing.? My method of resting the chuck on a piece of rod inserted in the spindle bore also helps with the nut problem, because you can slide the chuck forward without having it fall off because the rod is holding it up, so you have more room to put the little nuts on. This is safer than having small children (bastards or otherwise) as shop assistants. Having little kids working around machinery could eventually land you in jail, and they won't let you bring your lathe.? ? One solution to those "little bastard nuts" is to start the nut on the stud using a nut holder similar to that found in A.C. Gilbert Erector Sets. Another is to employ a small child (though not necessarily a little bastard) that has small enough fingers to fit into the allotted space.
Jerry F.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of WAM
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2022 4:39 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [7x12MiniLathe] Tired of almost dropping your chuck when installing/removing.
So was I - so I designed this:
there's link to the 3D print files and STEP files on that page too...
Video here:?
Now I can concentrate on putting the little bastard nuts on and not
dropping the chuck on my toes...
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Re: Tired of almost dropping your chuck when installing/removing.
My method of resting the chuck on a piece of rod inserted in the spindle bore also helps with the nut problem, because you can slide the chuck forward without having it fall off because the rod is holding it up, so you have more room to put the little nuts on.
This is safer than having small children (bastards or otherwise) as shop assistants. Having little kids working around machinery could eventually land you in jail, and they won't let you bring your lathe.?
Mike Taglieri?
One solution to those "little bastard nuts" is to start the nut on the stud using a nut holder similar to that found in A.C. Gilbert Erector Sets. Another is to employ a small child (though not necessarily a little bastard) that has small enough fingers to fit into the allotted space.
Jerry F.
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of WAM
Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2022 4:39 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [7x12MiniLathe] Tired of almost dropping your chuck when installing/removing.
So was I - so I designed this:
there's link to the 3D print files and STEP files on that page too...
Video here:?
Now I can concentrate on putting the little bastard nuts on and not
dropping the chuck on my toes...
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Re: Tired of almost dropping your chuck when installing/removing.
One solution to those "little bastard nuts" is to start the nut on the stud using a nut holder similar to that found in A.C. Gilbert Erector Sets. Another is to employ a small child (though not necessarily a little bastard) that has small enough fingers to fit into the allotted space.
Jerry F.
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-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto: [email protected]] On Behalf Of WAM Sent: Sunday, May 01, 2022 4:39 PM To: [email protected]Subject: [7x12MiniLathe] Tired of almost dropping your chuck when installing/removing. So was I - so I designed this: there's link to the 3D print files and STEP files on that page too... Video here: Now I can concentrate on putting the little bastard nuts on and not dropping the chuck on my toes...
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Re: Tired of almost dropping your chuck when installing/removing.
I agree. I use a piece of round stock through the spindle bore and put the chuck on that.
Mike Taglieri?
Elegant!?
For those of us who don't believe in 3D printers, a suitably sized piece of scrap wood will hold the chuck at the right height while the nuts are attached.? Another option is simply holding a piece of round stock in the TS chuck & loosely tightening the chuck jaws on it.
Putting the nuts on is much easier if the studs are replaced with SHCS & a little gadget is made from a piece of brass bar stock with a round piece that the nuts freely spin on + a little protrusion that fits into the screw sockets soldered to it.
Roy
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Re: Tired of almost dropping your chuck when installing/removing.
Elegant!?
For those of us who don't believe in 3D printers, a suitably sized piece of scrap wood will hold the chuck at the right height while the nuts are attached.? Another option is simply holding a piece of round stock in the TS chuck & loosely tightening the chuck jaws on it.
Putting the nuts on is much easier if the studs are replaced with SHCS & a little gadget is made from a piece of brass bar stock with a round piece that the nuts freely spin on + a little protrusion that fits into the screw sockets soldered to it.
Roy
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Re: Keeping the lead screw stable?
Pics and STL/STEP files on posted on my website.
I'll try and attach some pics here
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On 5/1/2022 8:23 PM, Johannes wrote: (old subject; Tired of almost dropping your chuck when installing/removing.)
Nice WAM, but tell me more about this part, see the picture cut from your pictures in the mail, maybe you already have a fil ?
Johannes
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Re: Keeping the lead screw stable?
(old subject; Tired of almost dropping your chuck when installing/removing.) Nice WAM, but tell me more about this part, see the picture cut from your pictures in the mail, maybe you already have a fil ? ? 
? ? Johannes ? ?
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Tired of almost dropping your chuck when installing/removing.
So was I - so I designed this:
there's link to the 3D print files and STEP files on that page too...
Video here:
Now I can concentrate on putting the little bastard nuts on and not dropping the chuck on my toes...
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Re: My diamond cutting tool
This is my version of a tangential tool holder
This is very easy to make.
Mike
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Re: My diamond cutting tool
I am tempted to build a diamond tool holder to fit my Unimat QC tool holder. I always use HSS tools so it would suit me well.
Dick
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Re: Stupid Saturday question
? ? I? hope?? we? Have ?photo ? If ?you cut? it ? Jack 47 71 ? They balance the weight of the handle so they don't spin on their own with machine vibrations.
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On 04/30/2022 5:54 PM Ryan H via groups.io <ifly172@...> wrote: So I have a really dumb question this afternoon, LOL!??
Is there any important purpose served by the extensions on the cross and compound slide handles???The little balls that are opposite the actual handle or are they just there for cosmetic reasons???I ask because they're usually just in my way and I'm seriously contemplating cutting them off as I cannot come up with a good reason for them to be there. Other than to be in my way, LOL!
Thanks again!
Ryan
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? ? So I have a really dumb question this afternoon, LOL!??
Is there any important purpose served by the extensions on the cross and compound slide handles???The little balls that are opposite the actual handle or are they just there for cosmetic reasons???I ask because they're usually just in my way and I'm seriously contemplating cutting them off as I cannot come up with a good reason for them to be there. Other than to be in my way, LOL!
Thanks again!
Ryan
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Re: Stupid Saturday question
They also provide good finger feel when turning knobs by grabbing both the handle end and the stub end between fingers. ? Chuck K. ? Sent from for Windows ?
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From: Ryan H via groups.ioSent: Saturday, April 30, 2022 3:24 PM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [7x12MiniLathe] Stupid Saturday question ? Ah okay gotcha!??Thanks!??I'll leave them on there then.?
Ryan On Apr 30, 2022, 6:01 PM -0400, Brian VanDragt <bvandragt@...>, wrote:
They balance the weight of the handle so they don't spin on their own with machine vibrations. On 04/30/2022 5:54 PM Ryan H via groups.io <ifly172@...> wrote: So I have a really dumb question this afternoon, LOL!??
Is there any important purpose served by the extensions on the cross and compound slide handles???The little balls that are opposite the actual handle or are they just there for cosmetic reasons???I ask because they're usually just in my way and I'm seriously contemplating cutting them off as I cannot come up with a good reason for them to be there. Other than to be in my way, LOL!
Thanks again!
Ryan
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Re: Stupid Saturday question
Ah okay gotcha!??Thanks!??I'll leave them on there then.?
Ryan
On Apr 30, 2022, 6:01 PM -0400, Brian VanDragt <bvandragt@...>, wrote:
They balance the weight of the handle so they don't spin on their own with machine vibrations.
Brian
On 04/30/2022 5:54 PM Ryan H via groups.io <ifly172@...> wrote:
So I have a really dumb question this afternoon, LOL!??
Is there any important purpose served by the extensions on the cross and compound slide handles???The little balls that are opposite the actual handle or are they just there for cosmetic reasons???I ask because they're usually just in my way and I'm seriously contemplating cutting them off as I cannot come up with a good reason for them to be there. Other than to be in my way, LOL!
Thanks again!
Ryan
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Re: Stupid Saturday question
They balance the weight of the handle so they don't spin on their own with machine vibrations.
Brian
On 04/30/2022 5:54 PM Ryan H via groups.io <ifly172@...> wrote:
So I have a really dumb question this afternoon, LOL!??
Is there any important purpose served by the extensions on the cross and compound slide handles???The little balls that are opposite the actual handle or are they just there for cosmetic reasons???I ask because they're usually just in my way and I'm seriously contemplating cutting them off as I cannot come up with a good reason for them to be there. Other than to be in my way, LOL!
Thanks again!
Ryan
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