Replacing a myford ml10 lathe chuck

Agreed, Chris … but I was making the point that Jeremy needs to be aware of that geometry when choosing his new chuck.

MichaelG.

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Perhaps my remark would have been better made on his concurrent thread … but it seemed easier to respond to your post.

Edited By Michael Gilligan on 15/06/2021 15:35:03

Michael, and I sort of agree with you too. I am no 'exhibition standard' craftsman, I just always try to do my best, but I would give any 'newbie' the benefit of my limited experience and knowledge and encourage them in the hobby. I guess the point I was really trying to make was that manual lathe work, or any sort of machine shop work for that matter, is not a 'black art' and if you just sometimes stand back and appraise its requirements you will more than likely come up with a solution to any problem and identify any potential pitfalls yourself without having every little detail explained and confirmed. Good to chat with you, thanks.

Does common sense exist? I suggest it doesn't. People believe they have it, but surely 'common sense' is always the result of experience or education? Babies don't arrive in the world able to recognise all the dangers; they have to learn. And grown-ups often struggle when confronted with new challenges. We all need to learn the ropes.

In my experience failure to apply common sense never caused a workplace accident. Instead, expect ignorance, bad attitude, laziness, horse-play, tiredness, intoxication, illness, surprise, over-confidence, not reading the instructions, failing to follow the process, faulty process, training or maintenance, misunderstandings, arguments, incompetence, bad advice or work plan, and not recognising changed circumstances.

Never assume knowing your job and doing clever stuff is just common sense. Surely we're all better than that.

Dangerous and unfair to expect anything to be common sense to beginners, I think. We don't know what they don't know...

Dave

RDG tools also have 100mm and 125mm three jaw scroll chucks which have the 1 1/8 Myford thread. They have shipping rates on their website.

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i’decided to go with a 100mm chuck. I spoke to rotagrip, and the price for replacement teeth on my bernard far exceeds the cost of an imported chuck, before shipping. They no longer stock the internall jaws, so I’m out of luck there anyways.

I always check for clearances before firing up the machine, as this is common sense, like you all mentioned. You are going to find out when something doesn’t clear when machining - better to find out before you turn the machine on and destroy something.

I have gained a massive amount of experience the past year, which has been great. I was hoping to not have to machine a backing plate because i have some items i need to turn asap for shop repairs. Now to source an imported chuck.

The San Ou chuck needs a backing plate machined for it, correct? Does anyone have a link to these?

Edited By Jeremy Smith 2 on 15/06/2021 22:18:17

Your comments and posts have been great. Thank you.

Jeremy, I would look on Ebay for a Sanou chuck and look at Warco for a backplate - see the link on here to Warco site, they also operated a vat free system for export.

John