chippinchunks
Aluminum
- Joined
- Oct 11, 2016
- Location
- San Diego
HI all. Stuck chuck on my Leblond 13 Regal Round head. Threaded spindle. I've tried various methods, cheater bar clamped across chuck, running lathe in reverse & turning off so it bumps, heating backing plate while hammering, penetrating oil etc. I made a custom spindle wrench out of aluminium similar to "clemsons method" seen on another thread here. My problem is the wrench is slipping on the spindle shaft. The bore of the wrench is the same as the od of the shaft but I removed .125" from each side (inside of the 2 halves) i figured it would be enough to grip it. I used 3/8 × 16 bolts. Alumimum plate is .75" thick. I've tried pine tar on the shaft, thin rubber self adhesive tape used for patching holes in radiator tubing, cork & no matter how hard I tighten the bolts the tool slips when force is applied. Do you guys think brass shim stock, aluminum foil or maybe glazing the inside of the tool & spindle shaft with loctite & letting it cure, maybe larger bolts? I can probably get 1/2 inchers in there. I know i probably need a bigger bar! No pun intended but it was late last night when i got it all together. Let me know
As always thanks in advance
Martin
As always thanks in advance
Martin