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I wish all of my friends and fellow cuemakers a great New Years celebration. 20min until fireworks in my end :-)

Juat did 2 forarms and as usual I pushed a wet paper through the forarms hole before I incerted the dowel. On my second ebony forarm I used "well amount" of wather on the paper since the first was kind of damped paper. The second was whet. The glue did at this time settle so quick that I had...

Would not be so distinct in your conclusion Joey - nothing is impossible - it's just a mater of ingenuity and how much you love your machine :wink: These things could be ordered in any dimension you would like i think - considering some of them for my CNCs linear rails and stuff.. Edit: Also...

Paul, that's for sure a procedure I could work out :wink: I thought actually it was some form of micro adjustments on the jaws them self. I guess you did face the D1-4 adapter plate before the chuck was mounted ? K

Wow, you have done some good deals - 400! Thanks for the tip regarding Grizzly - that is a fair bit lower than the a Ebay sellers I have tried to contact - but not heard from.. Grizzly has been contacted.. .Thanks K

Thanks Neil, your advice has helped me a lot (in several of my posts) and I highly appreciate it ! K

Thanks Paul. Local source rips off as usual so it's cheaper to get it from some of the deals on ebay-however I need some special invoices to make it worh. Looked at Bison 200mm and I guess it's just to face of the D1-4 plate and mount? How does the micro adjust actually work to dial it in to...

I'm considering a 6 jaw chuck and was wondering if any one had a source to recommend which is reliable and good prices? Plenty one who sells these but if some one had good service and price from some one I would consider them. Need to be able to ship to Norway. Edit: Also, what is the...

I have a beefy boring bare which I in case would use to clean up the jaws. That was my idea (never done this). If the jaws has a fair amount of play-would this be eliminated by the force due to the rotation so they would always stay at it's "widest" position? In this case I agree that boring...

Conclusion Lesson learned - no doubt about that. Now for the technical part - I'm not sure how to correct this with the setup. I guess one option is to face the driving side to get rid of the small TIR, but I think the trouble is in the chuck. There is nothing to carefully tap the chuck on, in...

Stud and final TIR after reinstall One of the studs was not flush with the chuck. I opened the locking and turned it one revolution so it lined up with the other 3. On the picture it looked slightly bent, but I did not take the whole thing out to check. Total TIR @ 20mm from chuck is now up...

TIR measured Face has very low TIR and the axle has some but I think this is acceptable. If I manage to get a new chuck on this level I would be happy as a kid on Christmas... My dial indicator is not reliable at these values as the two measurements performed inside the axle show. I could not...

Chuck removed and headstock mounting Some dust and crap was expected behind the chuck - and as shown - it was not clean.. The headstock axle has a small tapper in it's center which the chuck is attached to. The studs secure the chuck on the tapered register. Now the chuck is not resting on...

Results Well, it was a OK experience to get this done. Removing the chuck was easy when the locking screws was figured out.

Sorry friends-I figured my last Q out. A gental tap and the chuck comes off

Currently in my shop trying to loosen the chuck; What I have read-the camlock bolts should only be turned 90 degrees but my chuck has no indication to when it's locked or open. Should I remove them all together or just count on the 90 degree rule and use the rubber hamer? Currently on my phone...

Ah, I learn I learn :wink: Heading down to the shop now and would shoot some pics of radial and axial TIR. Thanks all for the help so far. Kent

Randy I checked a pic I had done when the machine was OK and TIR was 0,0007". By bad I mean it might be in the 0,003" range now.... K

Randy; I use both a sanding mandrel from atlas and I have a precision grinded and hardened rod (used to dial in the tailstock between centers). Chuck up on both and measured I guess 15mm ish from jaws. How bad-I did not bother to read it of - it was normally 0,00075 if I remember correct before...

Things whent terribly wrong for me during turning some brass. I had chucked up on a sollid 40mm rod of brass-held by the chucks jaws. The plan was to do some light cuts to trim it down to go through the headstock. Long story - short; I did not use my tailstock (with center drilled hole) and...