shakermountain
Plastic
- Joined
- Jan 10, 2008
- Location
- Boston, MA
Hello all, this is my first post in a very long time on this forum. I have a great 60-70 year-old Walker Turner mechanical variable speed 36" x 12" inboard/outboard lathe( original spindle diameter is 1" OA). This old spindle has always had a bit of annoying run out, and though I rebuilt the head with new bearings a few years back, it didn't help the issue much. Now that I'm not (quite) a poor as I used to be and going to be using the wood lathe more often, I've decided to collect a full set of Teknatool Supernova chuck bodies so I don't have to change the four jaws every time I have a different diameter work piece to work on. This sparked the idea that I turn my own spindle for the WT with the mating chuck threads single-point turned into the spindle itself, as opposed to using one of the Nova inserts that the company provides to adapt different brand lathes to their chuck bodies (I have a SB 9C that should easily handle this project once I'm past the learning curve. My questions are: What specific material is best to turn the spindle from, and has anyone gone so far as to actually single-point Teknatool's proprietary threading to eliminate the need for an adaptor (which could conceivably eliminate whatever minute run out the adaptor adds). In a perfect world, I'd like to be able to spin on and off these chucks at will without any fuss. Thanks in advance for any help!
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