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  • 26 July 2018 at 00:01 #363926
    Reg Wortley
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      @regwortley

      Hello,

      Wondered if anyone has experience of this kit?

      **LINK**

      Looks to be a usefull addition.

      Thanks

      26 July 2018 at 00:01 #19011
      Reg Wortley
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        26 July 2018 at 00:20 #363928
        Bazyle
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          @bazyle

          It is an adjustable backplate. Basically a plate on a backplate so the position of the plate can be moved to centre the chuck. Adds to the overhang of course.

          Please when starting a thread include the subject in the title and then more detail in the text to save us all the trouble of going off to the link or even reading the post if we are not interested or can't help.

          26 July 2018 at 04:11 #363933
          Hopper
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            @hopper

            Looks like it converts your ordinary chuck into a Grip-Tru, at a fraction of the cost of a Grip-Tru chuck. Good idea.

            26 July 2018 at 07:16 #363938
            Michael Gilligan
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              Posted by Bazyle on 26/07/2018 00:20:07:

              Please when starting a thread include the subject in the title and then more detail in the text to save us all the trouble of going off to the link or even reading the post if we are not interested or can't help.

              .

              I think that might be a little harsh, Bazyle

              The subject reference, and the question, are both explicit.

              It seems reasonable to assume that those in the target group of 'advisors' [i.e. those with experience of the kit] would recognise the number. … Perhaps the style was intended as a filter.

              MichaelG.

              26 July 2018 at 09:04 #363947
              Douglas Johnston
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                @douglasjohnston98463

                I had one years ago and it worked very well apart from one thing. There were three adjusting screws at the periphery and this made adjustment a little fiddly. Four screws would have been much better, then it would be like adjusting a 4 jaw chuck. I can't remember if the location of the screws holding the chuck to the backplate made this impossible.

                Doug

                26 July 2018 at 09:26 #363948
                Andrew Tinsley
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                  @andrewtinsley63637

                  I have two of them and they work very well indeed, A poor man's Griptru at a fraction of the price. Not as easy to adjust as a Griptru, but not difficult when you get the hang of it.

                  Andrew.

                  27 July 2018 at 10:16 #364088
                  Reg Wortley
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                    @regwortley

                    Thank you for your replies, I had never come across anything like them before, just goes to show no matter how old you are there is always something new.blush

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