The Eagle Has Landed

[Bamban]

Man, my 8 1/4" Pratt Bernerd chuck would love to be on that thing!

A set thru? Mounted on a D1-4 backplate?

 

[Bamban]

Very nice what a beauty & excellent choice! I too would have done the same (if I could afford one).

I will have to see if it will unseat my favorite one, the little 1024 JET lathe that could.

 

[mikey]

Are you taking bets on the winner?

 

[darkzero]

Man, my 8 1/4" Pratt Bernerd chuck would love to be on that thing!

It most defintely would! So when ya getting one?

If I had that lathe I would still use a 6.3" more but that's just me. I'm impatient & hate waiting for heavier chucks to come to a stop. I was using my ER collet chuck the other day which I don't use much. It felt so weird that the chuck came to a stop so fast. I kept thinking something was wrong cause I'm so used to all my 6.3" chucks. Lol

 

[Bamban]

Are you taking bets on the winner?

Probably not....lol

 

[darkzero]

I will have to see if it will unseat my favorite one, the little 1024 JET lathe that could.

Can always have more than one favorite!

 

[Bamban]

It most defintely would! So when ya getting one?

If I had that lathe I would still use a 6.3" more but that's just me. I'm impatient & hate waiting for heavier chucks to come to a stop. I was using my ER collet chuck the other day which I don't use much. It felt so weird that the chuck came to a stop so fast. I kept thinking something was wrong cause I'm so used to all my 6.3" chucks. Lol

I am on the same camp, I love my 6.x inch 6J set true Rohm.

 

[mksj]

Nez, looking really nice, a long wait but well worth it. With the VFD and/or foot brake the chuck will stop within 1-2 seconds, even the larger chucks. I still primarily use my 5C and the Bison 4J combo as an all around chuck, only downside of the combo is cleaning out the swarf is a bit more time consuming. Interestingly Bison recently came out with a 3J combination chuck.

 

[Bamban]

Nez, looking really nice, a long wait but well worth it. With the VFD and/or foot brake the chuck will stop within 1-2 seconds, even the larger chucks. I still primarily use my 5C and the Bison 4J combo as an all around chuck, only downside of the combo is cleaning out the swarf is a bit more time consuming. Interestingly Bison recently came out with a 3J combination chuck.

Thanks, Mark.The wait is definitely worth it.

I did a little bit more work, turned the center shaft for the Aloris BXA, and re-leveled the bed again. Will see tomorrow how she holds up. I am using the digital level just to verify the correlation of the flat ways to the top of the cross slide

Will clean up the side gears tomorrow and test the 4J combination for trueness on this lathe

 

[wrmiller]

A set thru? Mounted on a D1-4 backplate?

Yessir, It's currently on my 1340GT. Best chuck I've ever owned, but it seems to be getting heavier and heavier every time I change it out for the 4-jaw or 5C.

Maybe I should have gotten a 6".