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i'm not trying to be sarcastic but you guys are posting to someone who has not posted in hobby machinist since the 8th of august
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steve
that did not come out right at all and served no purpose
sorry guys
steve
i'm not trying to be sarcastic but you guys are posting to someone who has not posted in hobby machinist since the 8th of august
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steve
Ranch 23, it's interesting you mentioned the spider chuck. I ran into a situation where the four jaw chuck was not very effective in holding a barrel where it tapers in the spot where I needed to hold it. I had to make a spider chuck and it worked as intended. I actually got the idea while visiting a friend that owns a machine shop close to where I live. This guy is extremely tight lipped about his process of building bench rest rifles. Him and his partner compete at top level and they got there by bringing all operations ''in-house''. Plus they are compulsive about their rifles and the sport. So we were walking through the shop to show me his newest bench rest design that they were manufacturing. I glanced at a lathe that was set up with a barrel poking out of the chuck. I asked what he was doing and he simply said that they were chambering a barrel; and then changed the subject. I made a quick mental note and proceeded to gather materials to make such a contraption. Since I don't have the luxury of space or machine travel, I decided to make a chuck that utilized the2 1/4-8 treaded portion of my lathe. His spider chuck was held on using a four jaw chuck.
Not a very good picture but it shows the spider chuck attached.