jacobs

I recently had an opportunity at an auction to pick up two Jacobs rubber flex collet chucks. After finding a great, brief Youtube video on the first few steps of disassembly as well as the attached manual, I went ahead and broke one of them down for a full clean/lube service. I went a few...

I just picked up a Jacobs 16N super chuck, with some superficial surface rust and what appear to be completely unused jaws. (which is what caught my attention on the flea bay listing) Chuck arrived looks great. But upon flipping it over, I see what looks like a 1/2" fine thread going into the...

Well, starting the new year off right! I'm now the owner of set of Prestech castings of which when finished, will allow me to hob my own gears. There was an auction on eBay over Christmas and I figured what the heck... There are 11 iron castings manufactured by Preserved Technology LTD., of...