I'm kinda curious about setting myself up with a "soft jaw" 3 jaw chuck for my 12 x 37 lathe.
I have this old Cushman 8" (actually 7.5") ,
I'd like to dedicate it as a "soft jaw" chuck.
the existing jaws (3 only) are weird in that they don't have the "steps" on the backside for gripping the ID of material. No "reverse jaws".
Anyway I found the Cushman website and filled out the inquiry page regarding my "Cushman" 3 jaw *" Ref. No. 181" chuck and asking if 2 piece jaws were available.
Well the inquiry page responded with a "website cannot be found" message so I sent the message to <webmaster@cushmanindustries.com> but I don't know if I'lll get a response.
Here's a couple of pics of jaw "2.
They're hard enough to round the teeth off a file so I doubt if there's any chance of softening them to machineable soft in order to machine and tap.
Any advice or links to Cushman jaw suppliers?
I have this old Cushman 8" (actually 7.5") ,
I'd like to dedicate it as a "soft jaw" chuck.
the existing jaws (3 only) are weird in that they don't have the "steps" on the backside for gripping the ID of material. No "reverse jaws".
Anyway I found the Cushman website and filled out the inquiry page regarding my "Cushman" 3 jaw *" Ref. No. 181" chuck and asking if 2 piece jaws were available.
Well the inquiry page responded with a "website cannot be found" message so I sent the message to <webmaster@cushmanindustries.com> but I don't know if I'lll get a response.
Here's a couple of pics of jaw "2.
They're hard enough to round the teeth off a file so I doubt if there's any chance of softening them to machineable soft in order to machine and tap.
Any advice or links to Cushman jaw suppliers?
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