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- Feb 26, 2013
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I have had some jaw alignment issues with the chuck that came with my HF 7x10 mini lathe from day 1, and I was hoping for an opinion on the matter from someone with more experience than myself. I noticed that no matter how carefully I chuck something it always seems to wobble. If I close the jaws all the way with nothing in them, its very easy to see that they don't all "meet in the middle". I would post a picture but I am not allowed to do that at the moment it seems. Two of the three jaws seem right, but one just doesn't seem to match. Now I have removed the chuck and jaws to verify they are in the correct position and when looking for the stamps with the numbers I noticed they are barely legible, I can only really make out a #1 on the chuck and the very bottom of the #2, the #3 is basically not even there, but the jaws where in the correct place according to what I can tell. I did try to switch the 2 & 3 just to make sure and then the jaws wont sync at all so I am 99% sure they are in the correct position. I did recently get a 4 jaw chuck from little machine shop and I am able to indicate in some drill rod to half a thousandth so I am fairly certain its just the 3 jaw chuck that's the issue. Could it be I just received a bum chuck (or set of jaws)? Can I just buy another set of jaws for this chuck or is that something that is specific to each chuck?
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