Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks
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Yes, exactly. Although I was thinking more of two-piece chuck jaw which have bolt-on jaw faces -- these can be replaced with bare aluminum blocks which can be turned to suit your needs. However, I ** really** like how the soft jaws in the link work with one-piece chuck jaws: that's a very clean solution.

Wong, your description of 4 bolts sounds ideal - when I had a Seig 7x14 mini-lathe, I upgraded from a 3" to a 5" chuck. The chucks were held on with 3 six mm studs and nuts. I made a 1/2" thick aluminum plate about 1" larger in diameter than the body of the un-used 3" chuck, and milled pockets into the back of the aluminum plate to conceal the chuck-mounting nuts so the plate would lay flat on the mill table. This plate doesn't need to be aluminum, of course. I used it extensively to move parts between my lathe and mill without de-chucking the parts, and it was especially handy when using the rotary table.

I sold the mini lathe last year, and the 3" chuck and base plate went with it.

I may actually have to buy myself another 3" chuck - I have, on occasion, chucked the small 3-jaw inside the large 4-jaw on my new-to-me 16x40, dialed it in, and found that it could be made to run extremely true, like a collet, only a a lot easier to install and operate
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Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by Wongster - 07-26-2015, 09:36 AM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by PixMan - 07-26-2015, 10:12 AM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by Wongster - 07-26-2015, 10:34 AM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by DaveH - 07-26-2015, 12:11 PM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by PixMan - 07-26-2015, 12:37 PM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by dallen - 07-26-2015, 02:00 PM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by Wongster - 07-26-2015, 08:52 PM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by dallen - 07-26-2015, 09:28 PM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by Wongster - 07-26-2015, 10:35 PM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by dallen - 07-27-2015, 07:53 AM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by Wongster - 07-27-2015, 08:35 PM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by Vinny - 07-27-2015, 08:57 PM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by Wongster - 07-27-2015, 09:01 PM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by Wongster - 07-28-2015, 08:25 AM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by Mayhem - 07-28-2015, 08:49 AM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by Roadracer_Al - 07-28-2015, 11:26 AM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by Wongster - 07-28-2015, 11:43 PM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by Wongster - 07-30-2015, 10:11 AM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by Wongster - 08-01-2015, 09:44 AM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by Wongster - 08-08-2015, 09:10 PM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by Wongster - 08-09-2015, 09:22 AM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by DaveH - 08-09-2015, 07:15 PM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by PixMan - 08-09-2015, 08:31 PM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by Wongster - 08-10-2015, 05:30 AM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by dallen - 08-10-2015, 07:17 AM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by Wongster - 08-10-2015, 08:09 AM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by DaveH - 08-10-2015, 05:45 PM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by Wongster - 08-10-2015, 07:21 PM
RE: Workholding - 19mm Wheel Blanks - by Wongster - 08-17-2015, 09:03 AM



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