weissman42
Plastic
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- Jun 10, 2019
i recently acquired a south bend heavy 10, and realized that a collet closer that i randomly bought at a flea market years ago was apparently a perfect fit for it. unfortunately, seems like maybe there's something wrong and possibly some pieces missing.
i included two pics below for reference. in photo 1, the arrow labeled A points to the pin that engages when lever is closed and B points to collet tube that collet threads into. in photo 2 C points to knurled handle that is attached to collet draw tube and D points to collet draw tube where there is a woodruff key slot.
seems like there was supposed to be some kind of collar with woodruff key which i do not have?
basically i cannot figure out how this thing works. seems like the part of the closer that is labeled D in second
photo with woodruff slot should be able to spin when lever is thrown and pin engaged? because otherwise the spindle would be spinning against its shoulder, and seems like it was meant the be driven by spindle via the woodruff key? but the only part that seems to spin freely is the collet draw tube. i have no idea how these function internally, no huge loss as i think i only paid like $10 dollars for the thing at the time cause the guy didnt know if it worked or what lathe it went to. thanks for the help. i also included a link to a google photos album which includes the two photos of the closer as well in case the attachments dont work or are not large enough to see. thanks
South bend rebuild - Google Photos
i included two pics below for reference. in photo 1, the arrow labeled A points to the pin that engages when lever is closed and B points to collet tube that collet threads into. in photo 2 C points to knurled handle that is attached to collet draw tube and D points to collet draw tube where there is a woodruff key slot.
seems like there was supposed to be some kind of collar with woodruff key which i do not have?
basically i cannot figure out how this thing works. seems like the part of the closer that is labeled D in second
photo with woodruff slot should be able to spin when lever is thrown and pin engaged? because otherwise the spindle would be spinning against its shoulder, and seems like it was meant the be driven by spindle via the woodruff key? but the only part that seems to spin freely is the collet draw tube. i have no idea how these function internally, no huge loss as i think i only paid like $10 dollars for the thing at the time cause the guy didnt know if it worked or what lathe it went to. thanks for the help. i also included a link to a google photos album which includes the two photos of the closer as well in case the attachments dont work or are not large enough to see. thanks
South bend rebuild - Google Photos