Hello All. I hope you had a great Christmas and 2018 is a great year.
I was given a new Shars 5" chuck and mount for my 9" South Bend. The mount has to be machined for the new chuck. On closer inspection the threaded boss that seats against the spindle is too long and so only allows about 2 threads to engage at most. I am going to screw it on back to front to machine it down to size with a washer between the mount and spindle shoulder as the mount face does not run up against the shoulder. My old Buck chuck screws on and seats against the spindle shoulder. I am going to machine the thread relief on the new mount to match the old chuck.
Am I going the right way or are there any alternative ideas I should be doing?
Cheers
I was given a new Shars 5" chuck and mount for my 9" South Bend. The mount has to be machined for the new chuck. On closer inspection the threaded boss that seats against the spindle is too long and so only allows about 2 threads to engage at most. I am going to screw it on back to front to machine it down to size with a washer between the mount and spindle shoulder as the mount face does not run up against the shoulder. My old Buck chuck screws on and seats against the spindle shoulder. I am going to machine the thread relief on the new mount to match the old chuck.
Am I going the right way or are there any alternative ideas I should be doing?
Cheers