86turbodsl
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Aug 12, 2004
- Location
- MI, USA
I just picked up a ton of 3J collets for short money at an auction. Like $2 ea. As it happens, it's a perfect fit for my lathe, an American Pacemaker. Through hole is 1.75 on both. Trouble is, i don't have a collet chuck yet. The lathe has an L1 mount.
I've seen the Sjogren's, and i like the chuck, but not real thrilled about stopping the spindle to fuss with it all the time on repetitive parts. I saw in a few posts here that there was an alternate Sjogren available, as seen in this photo,
This is some sort of lever style Sjogren, which actuated without a drawbar. Seems like a good way to do it, especially with the 1/2 mile long spindle on a Pacemaker. These seem to be rare as hens teeth in L1 spindle nose, so what else is out there that's similar? If nothing, is anyone familiar with these? Can the backplate be changed out to an L1?
I know Pacemakers aren't used for collet work very often, but i just don't have any additional room for a 2nd lathe so the pacemaker will have to do it all.
Any ideas?
I've seen the Sjogren's, and i like the chuck, but not real thrilled about stopping the spindle to fuss with it all the time on repetitive parts. I saw in a few posts here that there was an alternate Sjogren available, as seen in this photo,
This is some sort of lever style Sjogren, which actuated without a drawbar. Seems like a good way to do it, especially with the 1/2 mile long spindle on a Pacemaker. These seem to be rare as hens teeth in L1 spindle nose, so what else is out there that's similar? If nothing, is anyone familiar with these? Can the backplate be changed out to an L1?
I know Pacemakers aren't used for collet work very often, but i just don't have any additional room for a 2nd lathe so the pacemaker will have to do it all.
Any ideas?