Recent content by sask3500

The dry ice might work, especially if the chuck is up to a couple hundred degrees first. Anyone know what the Zamak does when it’s heated and cooled? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Well I tried again today, a 3” section of 3/4 joiner nut in the chuck and a internal pipe wrench with a breaker braced against the base in the other end of the spindle. Then used a 1/2” impact on the joiner. No luck. It’s a really old lathe that came from a farm, had bird leavings on it so I...

Thanks for the replies, I’ll see if I can get it free when I get some spare time. It took me about a year to get it cleaned up, a stand built, leveled and anchored to the floor and wired up. So it might be awhile lol... Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I’m in the middle of setting up an Atlas lathe, a th54. I tried to remove the chuck for cleaning and it’s stuck pretty well. It was bad enough the little pin that stops the spindle broke off. I use a heat gun to warm it up to maybe 200f, that didn’t help. Any suggestions? Especially tricks to...