09-15-2013, 03:46 PM
(09-15-2013, 09:56 AM)Highpower Wrote:Steve did you chop an inch off of your lathe bed? Last time it was a 12 x 37 lathe.
On a more serious note: You did an excellent job of reworking those jaws.
What kind of jobs would you normally use the soft jaws for?
the first chuck jaw mods were for the 12 x 37, the second were for my 12 x 36.
OK, it must have come from converting from 304.8 mm x 939.8 mm
to inches. That's my story and I'm stickin' to it.
Apparently soft jaws can be easily turned so as to grip material concentrically and with good parallelism that might not exist with stressed jaws and chuck ways for the jaws.
If jaws are repeatedly used gripping items at the outer (closer to the tailstock end of the lathe) they may bend outwards from the centerline.
Soft jaws can be machined with a step in them for repeated location of parts for a production run.
I'm sure the list goes on but I need a beer and I'd have better luck with the dog fetching me one than my wife.
Busy Bee 12-36 lathe, Busy Bee Mill drill, Busy Bee 4x6 bandsaw, Homemade 9x17 bandsaw, Ad infinitum.