Hi all,
I recently bought a Colchester mascot 1600 lathe. I bought it off an auction and it came from some farming company who only used it for woodturning (i know, WTF??) it came equipped with a pneumatic chuck of some sort, wich i have no use for. i am looking for options as to wich chuck i should fit. i kind of prefer it to be an independent 4 jaw since it has way more use than a standard 3jaw (dailing in takes a bit longer but thats not an issue). I am looking for a 315mm (12 inch or so) or slightly bigger chuck because thats the size of the original chuck that is on these machines. also the original fitting is a D1-8 camlock so i'm looking for the same fitting as i don't want to bother with backplates. I have been scouting the web for some options but the problem is that my lathe can do 1600 rpm but all independent 4 jaw chucks i found (of the mentioned size) are cast iron bodies and can only do somewhere around 1200 rpm. so thats my question: do you guys know of any independent chucks of the mentioned size that can handle those rpm's? or should i just give up and stick with the regular 3 jaws?
I recently bought a Colchester mascot 1600 lathe. I bought it off an auction and it came from some farming company who only used it for woodturning (i know, WTF??) it came equipped with a pneumatic chuck of some sort, wich i have no use for. i am looking for options as to wich chuck i should fit. i kind of prefer it to be an independent 4 jaw since it has way more use than a standard 3jaw (dailing in takes a bit longer but thats not an issue). I am looking for a 315mm (12 inch or so) or slightly bigger chuck because thats the size of the original chuck that is on these machines. also the original fitting is a D1-8 camlock so i'm looking for the same fitting as i don't want to bother with backplates. I have been scouting the web for some options but the problem is that my lathe can do 1600 rpm but all independent 4 jaw chucks i found (of the mentioned size) are cast iron bodies and can only do somewhere around 1200 rpm. so thats my question: do you guys know of any independent chucks of the mentioned size that can handle those rpm's? or should i just give up and stick with the regular 3 jaws?