I'm new to the forum and have recently adopted an orphan. Its a South Bend 8K (SB1001). It was so cute and needed some love so I just couldn't help myself. One major need is an independent 4 jaw chuck to mount on the D1-3 camlock system. It sounds like a 5" chuck would be ideal for this lathe but I don't see much online in 5" chucks with D1-3 mounts. My thinking is to buy a D1-3 backplate from Shars and look for a plain back chuck to mount to it. However, I don't have any experience with these things and I am hoping someone can tell me if there will be any problems. I'm assuming that I'll have to drill and tap 3 holes in the chuck to mount it to the back plate so I'm wondering if there may be some interference on a 4 jaw chuck.
Does this sound like a reasonable approach?
Does this sound like a reasonable approach?