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5 August 2019 at 18:05 #422728
Ashley ferguson
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I'm in need of a drill chuck to fit a super adept lathe if I'm not mistaken it's the same side a the end of a 0mt and the same angle but we'll smaller, need some help finding one that will fit or finding someone who can make me one that will fit or make me a tail stock that will take a normal 0mt any help appreciated
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5 August 2019 at 18:05 #13605
Ashley ferguson
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5 August 2019 at 21:46 #422774
thomas oliver 2
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Plenty of small keyed drill chucks are available cheaply for around £4 on ebay and usually have a 3/8in UNF thread or a small taper fitting, 3/8in bolts were used on British and US cars prior to Metrication and should not be too difficult to obtain. Presuming your lathe is otherwise in operation, it should not be too difficult to turn the correct taper to fit the tailstock. If you have never done this a trick is to put a solid centre in reverse along the side of the topslide and set so that it brings the centre line in line with the lathe centre line. Otherwise you can use Blue compound the test the fit. It is always a great advantage to have more than one chuck to use so buy at least two. If you can manage to produce the correct taper, make a tapered arbor and drill it 1/8th inch. Fit an 1/8th centre drill with Loctite or Superglue and this means you always have a centre drill at the ready. . T. Oliver.
6 August 2019 at 11:45 #422856
Ian S C
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The drill chuck that I use on my Super Adept is from a Stanley wheel brace, the orrigional shaft has the taper on it, and just at the begining of the thread there is a transverse hole for a tommy bar.

Ian S C
6 August 2019 at 12:33 #422860
Ashley ferguson
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Posted by thomas oliver 2 on 05/08/2019 21:46:46:

Plenty of small keyed drill chucks are available cheaply for around £4 on ebay and usually have a 3/8in UNF thread or a small taper fitting, 3/8in bolts were used on British and US cars prior to Metrication and should not be too difficult to obtain. Presuming your lathe is otherwise in operation, it should not be too difficult to turn the correct taper to fit the tailstock. If you have never done this a trick is to put a solid centre in reverse along the side of the topslide and set so that it brings the centre line in line with the lathe centre line. Otherwise you can use Blue compound the test the fit. It is always a great advantage to have more than one chuck to use so buy at least two. If you can manage to produce the correct taper, make a tapered arbor and drill it 1/8th inch. Fit an 1/8th centre drill with Loctite or Superglue and this means you always have a centre drill at the ready. . T. Oliver.

I'll definitely try and make one if I can don't know if I have the skill to do that yet but I'll give it a try, my big problem is I have nothing for the end stock not even a center
6 August 2019 at 12:33 #422861
Ashley ferguson
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Posted by thomas oliver 2 on 05/08/2019 21:46:46:

Plenty of small keyed drill chucks are available cheaply for around £4 on ebay and usually have a 3/8in UNF thread or a small taper fitting, 3/8in bolts were used on British and US cars prior to Metrication and should not be too difficult to obtain. Presuming your lathe is otherwise in operation, it should not be too difficult to turn the correct taper to fit the tailstock. If you have never done this a trick is to put a solid centre in reverse along the side of the topslide and set so that it brings the centre line in line with the lathe centre line. Otherwise you can use Blue compound the test the fit. It is always a great advantage to have more than one chuck to use so buy at least two. If you can manage to produce the correct taper, make a tapered arbor and drill it 1/8th inch. Fit an 1/8th centre drill with Loctite or Superglue and this means you always have a centre drill at the ready. . T. Oliver.

I'll definitely try and make one if I can don't know if I have the skill to do that yet but I'll give it a try, my big problem is I have nothing for the end stock not even a center
6 August 2019 at 12:36 #422862
Ashley ferguson
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Posted by Ian S C on 06/08/2019 11:45:52:

The drill chuck that I use on my Super Adept is from a Stanley wheel brace, the orrigional shaft has the taper on it, and just at the begining of the thread there is a transverse hole for a tommy bar.

Ian S C

That seems like a much easier solution might have to have a look online for one
6 August 2019 at 12:41 #422864
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6 August 2019 at 13:30 #422871
Ashley ferguson
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6 August 2019 at 20:47 #422957
thomas oliver 2
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Ashley, Tapers can be made by measurement. For your lathe the widest diameter is 0.340ins and the smallest diameter is 0.285 in. at a distance apart of 0.960ins . I have a Wizard lathe which is a slightly superior clone of the Adept in that it is cast from spheroidal cast iron, so I have checked these measurements form my own centres. Set your topslide at a small angle and take a few cuts. Measure the two diameters at the distance apart of 0.960ins. Keep resetting the cross slide so that the plus diameter is the same at both ends ie. 0.340ins plus x and 0.285ins plus x. This should fix the correct angle. Then slowly take further cuts until the stated dimensions are achieved. This should enable you to reproduce the taper for centres. You should be able to feel a snug fit if accurate with no wobble We all started the same as you knowing very little so get started and have a go. "Practice makes perfect" I hope the above is clear enough.
7 August 2019 at 07:39 #422996
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7 August 2019 at 12:22 #423044
Robert Dodds
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The cross hole that is mentioned is, for me, quite important. Stick a tommy bar through it and it makes it easy to extract chucks, centres etc. from the tailstock. As you wind back the barrel the bar strikes against the nose of the tailstock and out pops the chuck, centre, why.

Regards Bob D
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