Wood walking

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jocnat

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I'm a new comer and I am having a problem with the material walking out of the chucks. the butt keeps moving to the right. If you look at the front collet you can see how it has slide half way off of the chuck.I am attaching a picture to show my setup. I am trying to setup to drill for pins. What is wrong.
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Thanks for looking.
Jock
 
walking

Put a live center in the tail stock, it might hold it.

Is the butt tapered? Sometimes the jaws cannot hole a tapered piece as securely as a straight piece and it will slide when there is any vibration.

Lo,
 
Pardon my ignorance, who made that lathe?

edit: Also, you clean-bench guys make me feel like a cave man.

Robin
 
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It looks like it's still straight piece to me.
If you pin and it warps, it's hosed.


It's also sticking out too far from the chuck.
1" out would be too much.
 
Clamp on the wood instead of the delrin sleeve. If you don't want to mark it buy some tobacco rolling papers, fold in half lengthwise and clamp on that. I use the papers also for shimming one or two jaws when trying to get my runout perfect.

Buy some 1/16" silicone rubber sheet material. Cut into strips and use that to clamp on your back jaw.

Last you could use a bearing steady rest on the left end instead of a chuck. Put the flanged side of your sleeve to the left. Slide the cue in from the left and cork it in the bearing rest. Now it can't move foreward. Only problem with this is if you have any vibration @ high rpm the sleeve will walk to the left.
 
The butt is tapered. the lathe is from Bassel. I reversed the steady rest and it seemed to cure problem.
Thanks for the input.....Jock
 
Dano, Thanks for the input. I'll try the paper. the delrin does seem to be slippery.
 
What area of PA are you located in? -nice view... my shop's in the basement so I have a lovely cinder block view.
 
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