Chuck Strip

[Speedy Builder5Participant @speedybuilder5]

I don’t remember doing this in the last 30 odd years,  but I think it was about time.  All stripped down, minor discovery that 2 of the 3 cap screws holding the back of the chuck to the body were metric, and one was imperial – Oh well, it was a Schools lathe before I bought it.

Once all parts (which I labeled with the jaw numbers) were cleaned in paraffin and dried, re-assembled. Happy bunny now. As far as lubrication, very light oil on the pinions and dry graphite powder on the “crown wheel /Pinions”.

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