My Old Landy
Engineering Mayhem
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Last year, I was given a rusty 3 jaw chuck and shoved it in a box and promptly forgot about it!
Fast forward to Wednesday, I stumbled on it and thought 'Citric Acid Bath' as you do
I pulled it out last night and started to strip it down. You will notice the configuration of the chuck key pinions are for independent use......
I started investigating as I had never heard of such a thing (40 years in the game so not a nubee!) but perhaps others already know about the Horton independent 3 jaw
So, getting all excited I started cleaning it up a bit and found the name and the patent number!
It turns out this is a very special chuck! It not only is independent but at the flick of a lever becomes a scroll chuck
The patent is here: https://patents.google.com/patent/US255039A/en
I will continue to clean it and hopefully I will be able to return it to a functional state.
Have any one else heard of or seen (or indeed own) one of these chucks?
Fast forward to Wednesday, I stumbled on it and thought 'Citric Acid Bath' as you do
I pulled it out last night and started to strip it down. You will notice the configuration of the chuck key pinions are for independent use......
I started investigating as I had never heard of such a thing (40 years in the game so not a nubee!) but perhaps others already know about the Horton independent 3 jaw
So, getting all excited I started cleaning it up a bit and found the name and the patent number!
It turns out this is a very special chuck! It not only is independent but at the flick of a lever becomes a scroll chuck
The patent is here: https://patents.google.com/patent/US255039A/en
I will continue to clean it and hopefully I will be able to return it to a functional state.
Have any one else heard of or seen (or indeed own) one of these chucks?