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A combination of starting to bump up against the Sherline's size limits on a few projects and finding a good deal on an 10" lathe will soon result in a larger lathe moving in to share space in my shop. The bulk of my work is still likely to remain at the 1" and smaller size, so I don't expect the Sherline to gather dust.
I'd like to know what others in this situation have found relating to shared tooling or just use in general. Do you find everything stays separate or do you find some cross over?
I have a Beall ER32 chuck set up for the Sherline 3/4-16 spindle, and see they offer an ER32 chuck for a 1 1/2-8 spindle as well which would fit on the new lathe, allowing me to use my existing collets on either lathe. Alternately I thought I might try to make a 1 1/2-8 to 3/4-16 adapter which would allow the use of any of the Sherline chucks on the larger lathe.
I'm not sure how much benefit that would actually be though, since it would hold work that fits on the Sherline. I suppose small but hard materials might find that useful, or I could start borderline stock on the larger lathe and transfer it chuck and all to the Sherline once the initial resizing is complete.
I also see Beall offers an ER50 chuck for a 1 1/2-8 spindle which is more of a useful size for the larger lathe. Any experience with this?
I would assume similar quality to the ER32 chuck. They offer collets from 7/8" up which takes over from where the ER32 leaves off. ER50 collets are available well into the Er32 ranges so maybe it would make more sense to just go that route and have a few overlapping sizes?
Interested in thoughts and experiences of others who started small and continue to use both sizes.
I'd like to know what others in this situation have found relating to shared tooling or just use in general. Do you find everything stays separate or do you find some cross over?
I have a Beall ER32 chuck set up for the Sherline 3/4-16 spindle, and see they offer an ER32 chuck for a 1 1/2-8 spindle as well which would fit on the new lathe, allowing me to use my existing collets on either lathe. Alternately I thought I might try to make a 1 1/2-8 to 3/4-16 adapter which would allow the use of any of the Sherline chucks on the larger lathe.
I'm not sure how much benefit that would actually be though, since it would hold work that fits on the Sherline. I suppose small but hard materials might find that useful, or I could start borderline stock on the larger lathe and transfer it chuck and all to the Sherline once the initial resizing is complete.
I also see Beall offers an ER50 chuck for a 1 1/2-8 spindle which is more of a useful size for the larger lathe. Any experience with this?
I would assume similar quality to the ER32 chuck. They offer collets from 7/8" up which takes over from where the ER32 leaves off. ER50 collets are available well into the Er32 ranges so maybe it would make more sense to just go that route and have a few overlapping sizes?
Interested in thoughts and experiences of others who started small and continue to use both sizes.