Hi Guys
I picked up an Albrecht chuck from ebay...looks to be in pretty good shape
it was sold with the r8 arbor shown above - i bought it to use in an Index 40 mill (now converted to accept r8 tooling) - the problem is that this arbor is a little too long...and when fully drawn up into the mill, it is still loose - i need to shorten it by about 1/4"
i guess i could just cut it down (saw, grind, machine in the lathe?)
but the other option is to press the arbor out and put in a new one that is a little shorter
unlike the one pictured in tom lipton's rebuild video, here:
or the write up here: http://www.machinistblog.com/rebuilding-an-albrecht-drill-chuck/
the collar does not have a screw in it that you can remove and pry the collar off - for most of these chucks, you clamp on the part under the collar and on the hood and turn in opposite directions and the hood comes off
once the hood is off, i could unscrew the spindle and then press the r8 arbor it came with off
on mine, the collar is permanently [?] affixed to the shell
when i turn the collar, the arbor moves and the jaws inside move - neither the black part of the body or the hood that is affixed to the block body move
can any one tell me how to take this apart? - if i had to guess, i should clamp on the black body and the hood - but before i mess something up i thought i would ask
thanks fellas
I picked up an Albrecht chuck from ebay...looks to be in pretty good shape
it was sold with the r8 arbor shown above - i bought it to use in an Index 40 mill (now converted to accept r8 tooling) - the problem is that this arbor is a little too long...and when fully drawn up into the mill, it is still loose - i need to shorten it by about 1/4"
i guess i could just cut it down (saw, grind, machine in the lathe?)
but the other option is to press the arbor out and put in a new one that is a little shorter
unlike the one pictured in tom lipton's rebuild video, here:
or the write up here: http://www.machinistblog.com/rebuilding-an-albrecht-drill-chuck/
the collar does not have a screw in it that you can remove and pry the collar off - for most of these chucks, you clamp on the part under the collar and on the hood and turn in opposite directions and the hood comes off
once the hood is off, i could unscrew the spindle and then press the r8 arbor it came with off
on mine, the collar is permanently [?] affixed to the shell
when i turn the collar, the arbor moves and the jaws inside move - neither the black part of the body or the hood that is affixed to the block body move
can any one tell me how to take this apart? - if i had to guess, i should clamp on the black body and the hood - but before i mess something up i thought i would ask
thanks fellas