05-02-2015, 12:08 PM
I think I'm going to use this opportunity to do some experimenting and see if I can learn a new skill, grinding my own tapers. I have a tool holder made to hold a Foredom hand piece that I can use in the lathe QCTP. I already bought a new arbor for the chuck, but I want to mount the old scarred up arbor between centers and see if I can clean it up with a grinding stone using the lathe compound. If that is successful I'll try the same with the chuck body, just to skim the surface.
If that fails, considering that I have at least 4 different chucks that all use the same taper - I have a new JT3 taper reamer on the way to keep on hand just in case. I also have visions of being able to making some special tooling adapters / extensions or whatever comes to mind.
I already have some MT reamers. Well.... ONE good one that works. The other two are
Enco India crap!
Come to think of it - maybe I can use the lathe/grinder set-up to relieve and sharpen the junk reamers too.
If that fails, considering that I have at least 4 different chucks that all use the same taper - I have a new JT3 taper reamer on the way to keep on hand just in case. I also have visions of being able to making some special tooling adapters / extensions or whatever comes to mind.
I already have some MT reamers. Well.... ONE good one that works. The other two are
Enco India crap!Come to think of it - maybe I can use the lathe/grinder set-up to relieve and sharpen the junk reamers too.
Willie