Just bought an old 1994 -12 X 36 Enco Lathe 110-2075

[Mr Mike]

Gee it was worth the wait!

That is quite something right there! Maybe it runs true?

So is that normal..? I'm new to the lathe seen but I have never seen a chuck like that. The bolts go all the way through the chuck.

 

[matthewsx]

My guess is they were originally socket head cap screws that were recessed and somebody buggered up the threads enough that drilling out and re-tapping seemed (seemed) like a good idea. Take it apart to see but you're probably going to want to replace it anyway.

Did you get a 4 jaw?

John

 

[matthewsx]

Just hope they don't go all the way into the spindle. Probably shouldn't affect anything even if they do but it would be a shame.

John

 

[Mr Mike]

My guess is they were originally socket head cap screws that were recessed and somebody buggered up the threads enough that drilling out and re-tapping seemed (seemed) like a good idea. Take it apart to see but you're probably going to want to replace it anyway.

Did you get a 4 jaw?

John

Yes sir I got a four jaw scroll chuck, Photo of all chucks and back plates... The small 3 Jaw chuck is threaded and I haven't found a mount that will allow me to use it with this lathe...

Just hope they don't go all the way into the spindle. Probably shouldn't affect anything even if they do but it would be a shame.

John

No it does not go all the way through, it ends about a 1/4" from the rear of the chuck..

 

[Nogoingback]

What type of mount does the spindle have?

That looks like a Bison chuck which is worth keeping if it's in good shape and can be mounted properly.

 

[Mr Mike]

What type of mount does the spindle have?

That looks like a Bison chuck which is worth keeping if it's in good shape and can be mounted properly.

Hello Nogoingback..

The Spindle looks to be a D1-4 and you have a good eye, the 3 jaw chuck is a Bison Set Tru 6 1/4" , the rest are not. and oddly there are 3 bolts holding that chuck to its back plate I think. I named it the frankenChuck because of that.

There is a bunch of tooling that came with the lathe, and several QCTP holders with bits installed... I have no idea whats worth keeping and whats not... some of it doesn't seem like its lathe tooling, or even go with a lathe. unfortunately there are no collets or collet closer

 

[matthewsx]

Hello Nogoingback..

The Spindle looks to be a D1-4 and you have a good eye, the 3 jaw chuck is a Bison Set Tru 6 1/4" , the rest are not. and oddly there are 3 bolts holding that chuck to its back plate I think. I named it the frankenChuck because of that.

There is a bunch of tooling that came with the lathe, and several QCTP holders with bits installed... I have no idea whats worth keeping and whats not... some of it doesn't seem like its lathe tooling, or even go with a lathe. unfortunately there are no collets or collet closer

So, IMHO it's all worth keeping.

What it appears you have is a machine that someone who understood what they were doing owned.

It's easy to look at the remnants of someone else's work and scratch your head but from looking at the photo you posted I would really like to see the work that person did on your new machine.

Very often the fixtures and jigs used are just whatever needed to be done at the time to make the parts. You don't have to make things pretty to get the job done, and you don't have to buy the most expensive tools to do good work.

Choose a good 3 jaw and 4 jaw and start making chips. You can buy ER collet stuff cheap from China and build your own collet chuck for close tolerance work, you only need a collet closer for production runs which should be done by a CNC shop these days in any case.

When I bought my Seneca Falls I didn't have a clue what all the stuff I got with it was for. Now I have a better idea and even if I never need something it still belongs with the machine. Even if it's not lathe tooling what's to say it won't come in handy with the next machine you buy. And if it's something you really won't use ever there's always the "pass around box"

Get that sucker under power and lets see what you can do with it


John

 

[mikey]

Hello Nogoingback..

The Spindle looks to be a D1-4 and you have a good eye, the 3 jaw chuck is a Bison Set Tru 6 1/4" ...

Ummm, I agree that's a Bison Set-Tru 3 jaw but I don't see anything to suggest its a D1-4 camlock spindle. I bet that's a threaded spindle and the Bison is sitting on a backplate. Could be wrong but a D1-4 will almost always have at least one of the camlock cams showing - I see none. Bison chucks usually attach to a backplate with socket head cap screws - wonder why he used hex bolts?

The 3 jaw chuck in the center top row has reversible jaws but I don't recognize the brand icon. Might be a decent chuck with those universal jaws on it.

 

[matthewsx]

Lets see a picture of the spindle with the chuck removed. The Frankenchuck photo is a little confusing.

John

 

[mikey]

I looked at the manual and it calls out a D1-4 spindle so I must be wrong but I don't see any camlock cams on the rim of the chuck in the picture shown so how is the chuck being held onto the spindle?