mcload
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Nov 5, 2007
- Location
- Houston, Texas
Hello crew; I hope everyone is well.
I just thought I'd take a break from the assembly on my 9A and pose a question about the chucks
I have in my inventory. To my surprise, 3 of the 4-jaw chucks are stamped "Made in England", and if
I'm reading it correctly, the casting on one reads February 5, 1948 (?). If so, then this is an excellent
original piece for my 1946 9A. These do not have a makers mark or mfg. company logo, just serial numbers.
All three have the spindle threads machined into the chuck.
These are in great condition as I usually keep them very clean, oiled, and each in its own heavy plastic bag.
(I was thinking about painting the backsides black but decided to keep them original. The red stuff on one of them
is wood dust). I would consider these to be better quality than normal, given their age.
What I thought was an original 3-jaw universal turns out to be one made by the Cushman Chuck Company of Hartford.
It is mounted to a backing plate for sake of spindle threads...and not too well, I might add....certainly not by
the factory.
The last is a newer and larger 3-jaw universal made in Poland (decades ago).It too is mounted to a backing plate.
So my question to the historians and researchers, what chucks were offered by SB back in the 40's and 50's, and/or
did they supply chucks (English) to customers? I don't know that SB was particularly in the chuck mfg business back then.
Many thanks. (I did first search the forums on this)
PMc
I just thought I'd take a break from the assembly on my 9A and pose a question about the chucks
I have in my inventory. To my surprise, 3 of the 4-jaw chucks are stamped "Made in England", and if
I'm reading it correctly, the casting on one reads February 5, 1948 (?). If so, then this is an excellent
original piece for my 1946 9A. These do not have a makers mark or mfg. company logo, just serial numbers.
All three have the spindle threads machined into the chuck.
These are in great condition as I usually keep them very clean, oiled, and each in its own heavy plastic bag.
(I was thinking about painting the backsides black but decided to keep them original. The red stuff on one of them
is wood dust). I would consider these to be better quality than normal, given their age.
What I thought was an original 3-jaw universal turns out to be one made by the Cushman Chuck Company of Hartford.
It is mounted to a backing plate for sake of spindle threads...and not too well, I might add....certainly not by
the factory.
The last is a newer and larger 3-jaw universal made in Poland (decades ago).It too is mounted to a backing plate.
So my question to the historians and researchers, what chucks were offered by SB back in the 40's and 50's, and/or
did they supply chucks (English) to customers? I don't know that SB was particularly in the chuck mfg business back then.
Many thanks. (I did first search the forums on this)
PMc