Recent content by PowderPig

I'm in northern New Brunswick.

Thank you Susquatch.

One quarter and 1/2".

If you are referring to a 4 jaw chuck, I think the set up with the collet would be quicker especially with repetitive work with round stock. I thought I'd give it a try. Thanks for the info.

I would like to purchase a set of collets for my 9" Standard Modern Utilathe and am uncertain how to begin my search. If anybody out there has one of these lathes or knows what type of collet set I would need, I would appreciate your help. Thanks.

No, it's still on the lathe. I had some projects to finish up on the lathe and I don't have another chuck. I am looking to purchase a 6" 4 jaw chuck and then I will cut the seized backing plate off of the nose spindle.

All of the New Brunswick universities are located in the southern part of the province. The main ones being the University de Moncton (french), UNB Fredericton, UNB Saint John, St Thomas Fredericton, and Mount Allison University in Sackville NB. There are some smaller ones and are also in the...

Interesting story.

I cut my index finger almost to the bone the other day using an angle grinder with a zip cut disc. I always use gloves when using an angle grinder but this day I didn't because I didn't take the time to locate them. I figured, what the heck, it's only a very small job that would take a minute to...

I think you are confusing the Town of Dalhousie in New Brunswick with the Dalhousie University which is is in Halifax Nova Scotia. But you are absolutely correct, Halifax is a charming city.

Dalhousie in Northern New Brunswick.

All of my past attempts to unscrew the chuck backing plate off of my lathe have caused the headstock DE bearing seal to leak. It's just a small one, but it wasn't there previously. That's it, time to 'cut er off'.

There are no visible pins holding the back plate to the spindle (see photos). As for a hammer, I used a small sledge hammer of about 2 lbs. I gave it some pretty good raps but was afraid to damage the spindle bearings. I didn't put anything between the pipe wrench jaws as I thought it would lose...

Well folks I’ve tried just about everything I can think of to remove the chuck backing plate from my 9” standard modern utilathe. I tried heating the back plate and cooling the spindle. No luck. Impact gun didn’t work. I fabricated a jig attached to the back plate and put a large wrench on it...

I had read a post from before on one pissible solution for the removal of a seized chuck. A split aluminum collar is fabricated at a slightly smaller diameter than the rear if the spindle through hole and it is clamped onto the spindle to keep it from turning. An impact wrench can then be used...