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make sure at least one general use chuck goes on a straight shaft. You will eventually run into an issue of not being able to remove the r8 arbor with out moving the table to one side.
make sure at least one general use chuck goes on a straight shaft. You will eventually run into an issue of not being able to remove the r8 arbor with out moving the table to one side.
Yes it doseDoes get kinda' expensive, doesn't it?
Too bad they aren't sold one inch long , they might be cheaper.And cut the arbor to about one inch long. That's about all the grip that a R-8 collet has, so it doesn't need to be longer. Allows you the get the chuck in and out with minimum clearance.
So Jacobs taper is the standard for all taper mount chucks ?.
... might be a prob getting old ones off
I don't know if the Albrecht chucks have a thru hole. If so, you can use a drift punch to get the old arbor off.
Lacking that, and because some of the shanks look pretty thin, you probably can't use removal wedges (http://littlemachineshop.com/products/product_view.php?ProductID=3982&category=
or http://littlemachineshop.com/products/product_view.php?ProductID=3983&category=)
Your "Plan B" is therefore to saw or grind off the old shank relatively close to the chuck, drill and tap into the stub, and use any suitable pulling technique. I've had to resort to that.
Whatever you do, don't try to whang or wedge the shanks out of the chucks with hillbilly methods ... but you probably know better than that. Other readers might not.