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Did clarkson ever produce a dedlock r8 arbour, I’ve seen lots of international tapers but not r8

Hi I have a miniature clarkson autolock chuck with mt3 taper. If I wanted to use it in the Bridgeport would I have to drill the shank and make a longer draw bar with a whitworth thread?

Gents thanks for the advice, this far I’ve created two albums and added one photo! However it won’t do anymore, not sure why!

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Just a couple of more photos of the large chuck

I was given an old clarkson autolock MT3 that has stamped on the side of it type c c’. it came with the below

the collets with nibs on are type c, can anyone tell me what the half crescent Collets are?

i think this is what’s classed as miniature chuck; however I didn’t know they did them with c collets? Am I correct in my assumption?

now on to the 3rd is question.

I’m waiting for the below to be delivered, very reasonable price. It has no collets and is described as very large, I think it’s a large autolock S. Can anyone confirm and will it take all S collets,

Not sure if that makes sense, I can try and get some close ups

Hi

I’m rebuilding a 2J head Bridgeport, I’m re assembling the quill feed gear box, each gear is held in place by a brass bearing and two set screws. When I tighten the set screws to nipping up level of tight( any of them) the gear box seizes up. Has anyone else come across this?

It is worth noting the gears seem to tighten ever so slightly at certain positions normally.

regards

matt

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hi all,

A straightt forward question I hope! I’m stripping a Bridgeport and it’s seen a shift or two! On each of the machines ways there seems to be what I assume are machined datum surfaces either side of the dove tail. So for the question ! How do I assess the wear and what kit do I need?

Some indication of wear, can see some remnants of scraping on the rear slide, thanks for the advice both.

David- I think I have a copy in pdf format, also have the lion industries book. Don’t really want to scrap it, more because I’m not sure where to start!

Hi

I’m in the process of stripping and cleaning a Bridgeport j2, all works but showing a fair amount of wear. Other than scrapping or re scraping the ways, any advice on working with worn machines?

looking at buying a new grinder, has any one found a better way of doing it that a traditional two wheel grinder? I.e. Something like this. http://www.screwfix.com/p/scheppach-tiger2000s-200mm-whetstone-sharpening-honing-machine-230v/40540

In addition has anyone found a rest that you can set the angle on for sale, I know there are lots of DIY designs out there, or found a bench grinder with a system or the angle already marked?

Tipped tool ,about 3 thou cut an inch from the chuck

This is the reading on the freshly machines surface, any thoughts on the cause? The mounting surfaces are clean.

Hi,

I'm in the process of commissioning my lathe, when I place a dti on a machined length of bright bar which has been turned in a 3 jaw, I get around 0.02mm run out on the machined surface. Does this sound acceptable?

Edited By Matthew Davenhill on 30/05/2017 19:38:30

Thanks for the input, it turns out a gasket I had installed on the saddle was too thick and was removing clearance out of the leadscrew, it was slightly rubbing the lead screw and causing it to lift the saddle and alter the cut

I've checked headstock play in accordance with the Lang manual, initially I put a piece of bar in the chuck and used a length of wood against the ways to lift; however, Lang recommend an end load test of 200lbs from which you determine play with a DTI. I've don't this and it shows 1 thou which is within the tollerence allowed by Lang.