OK so I screwed something up. I had a block of briar in my HF 7x12, Apprentice 4 way chuck. What I forgot to do was tighten up the jaws. Wood goes flying out and hits me in the shoulder. Go to drill the air way and notice there is a lot of wobble and the 5/32 in bit is bending back and forth. OK so I know I screwed something up. So I get out my dial indicator. The chuck has a .005 wooble. But I cant tell if the wobble is in the chuck, the spindle or if I screwed up the bearings. It seemed like there was a slight wobble in the spindle chuck adaptor and I tried to shim the high spot with a piece of post it note but it did not help at all. I am not a machinist and I take back meds that make you stupid, not the best combination I know. I am not sure what to replace, and it does not seem like you could distort/bend a chuck but briar is really hard wood and it was probably at 800 rpms when the block flew out, I am guessing it whacked the bed way first. I have a pipe that I need to get finished in the next couple weeks and this does not help at all. Just not sure where to start replacing parts.
*edit* just double checked and dont think the block could have hit the bed way and and bent the chuck. Wondering if turning the blocks of wood without using the tailstock could have caused it to get out of alignment??
*edit* just double checked and dont think the block could have hit the bed way and and bent the chuck. Wondering if turning the blocks of wood without using the tailstock could have caused it to get out of alignment??
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