Very nice but no picture of the clever scroll...
It's painful. I was up AandE the other week having a nice lump of metal removed from under my thumbnail.First time I broke my thumb nail was opening a chuck, they're deceptively heavy and roll too easily too. Bloody hurt I tell you.
It's painful. I was up AandE the other week having a nice lump of metal removed from under my thumbnail.
Daily task as a chippie.The things we do for restoration eh. Heated up a blade and dug about in my hand to remove a steel splitter a few weeks back. The pain of cutting into oneself was lesser than the splinter haha
Late to the party but does the dish part mean that you get an inch or so extra grip on the part you are turning? (Assuming it's thin enough)Can't fathom these chucks. No perpendicular surface to set work too.
Regularly use parallels to set work away from the chuck body but don't have the option with these.
The history of Taylor chucks is interesting. Regarded as the best in the world at the time. Indestructible. Downside is They are heavier than modern chucks. The design of the conical scroll and jaws is to get an even distribution of clamping force across the work piece...Late to the party but does the dish part mean that you get an inch or so extra grip on the part you are turning? (Assuming it's thin enough)
Down to manufacturing cost. To make Taylor chucks today would cost a lottery win. Every moving part inside Taylor chucks are ground and hardened. It's really down to personal preference as some people like them and some don't.. I like em because they are very well built and age fitting with the machinery I haveWhat's really interesting to me is that if they were such a fantastic design, why aren't the highest-end chucks of today made that way?
(GMR, that wasn't supposed to be some kind of a dig at your assertion, but a genuine curiosity.)
We have one of those chucks on a Lang Lathe, It runs about 15 thou out of true. I've tried to part it from the lathe to try and sort it but the only thing I can get to move are the nuts/bolts at the back of the chuck, Think there's a ring thingy on the back (been a year or two since I looked at it) Tried a copper hammer etc but gave up.
I still have a very nice example tucked away under the bench. Was saving it for @spencer but if there's any interest I can list it here...
What size mateI still have a very nice example tucked away under the bench. Was saving it for @spencer but if there's any interest I can list it here...
Do you have a picture of itWe have one of those chucks on a Lang Lathe, It runs about 15 thou out of true. I've tried to part it from the lathe to try and sort it but the only thing I can get to move are the nuts/bolts at the back of the chuck, Think there's a ring thingy on the back (been a year or two since I looked at it) Tried a copper hammer etc but gave up.
Norm.