Fitting a 5C Collet Chuck

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(06-09-2017, 10:59 PM)EdK Wrote: Your lathe comes with 125mm diameter chucks. That's about 5" so you should be able to use something like this:

http://www.shars.com/products/toolholdin...llet-chuck

You'll have to make a back plate in order to mount it to your lathe.

Ed

Ed. 
Thanks for the info. That makes sense now. I didn't know what style of mounting I needed. Building a backing plate shouldn't be to tough. 
Trevor