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9" South Bend lathe spider chuck
Hi folks.
I made this lathe spider chuck for my 9" South bend lathe. I think the idea is good but the chuck seems a bit stiff & doesn't quite clamp small enough for my needs. I may send it back & see if I can get a better working chuck & tighter closing on the chuck teeth.


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Howdy Bruce

I don't know quite how much you are short of closure, but shim stock of various thickness could come to the rescue!?!?
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Howdy Bruce

I don't know quite how much you are short of closure, but shim stock of various thickness could come to the rescue!?!?

I already ordered another chuck, that from the photo's... appears to close near 100%
new chuck is in & I'm very pleased with it. it works exactly as I had hoped.

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I started watching this & couldn't stop, lots of useful hacks & tricks there.
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Very Interesting!

Some, but not all of what he presented, was new to me and I'm glad to have seen it. Now I only need to remember it when I need it!?!?

He was a little hard to understand in a couple of key spots, so darn, guess I'll just have to watch it again!
"Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is not wisdom, Wisdom is not truth, Truth is not beauty, Beauty is not love, Love is not music: Music is THE BEST...   
Wisdom is the domain of the Wis (which is extinct). Beauty is a French phonetic corruption of a short cloth neck ornament currently in resurgence..."
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Very Interesting!

Some, but not all of what he presented, was new to me and I'm glad to have seen it. Now I only need to remember it when I need it!?!?

He was a little hard to understand in a couple of key spots, so darn, guess I'll just have to watch it again!
Zee wert listening cloze enuff.  :D
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Very Interesting!

Some, but not all of what he presented, was new to me and I'm glad to have seen it. Now I only need to remember it when I need it!?!?

He was a little hard to understand in a couple of key spots, so darn, guess I'll just have to watch it again!
Zee wert listening cloze enuff.  :D

My earbones done did the best they could.

Perhaps it was my brain that was lagging behind?!?!

I should add that I'm really not going to mind watching it again and trying to "listen clozer enuff" to pick up what I might have missed in the first go around!
"Information is not knowledge, Knowledge is not wisdom, Wisdom is not truth, Truth is not beauty, Beauty is not love, Love is not music: Music is THE BEST...   
Wisdom is the domain of the Wis (which is extinct). Beauty is a French phonetic corruption of a short cloth neck ornament currently in resurgence..."
F. Zappa ... by way of Mary, the girl from the bus.