Which 4 jaw chuck

[Abody711]

My next upgrade on my Chinese 8x24 lathe will be an independent 4 jaw chuck 125mm. Looking for recommendations of which one to buy and the best way to adapt a 4 bolt mounting to a spindle face drilled for 3 hole. Would like an adapter to go from 3 hole to 4 hole. Not wanting to drill my spindle face.

 

[Abody711]

Also would like to maintain 1.5" pass through

 

[markba633csi]

Sounds like a chuck whereby the mounting bolts come through from the front would be the style you want. You may need to make an adapter backplate with two sets of bolt holes- threaded ones for the chuck and either plain or threaded for the spindle flange
-Mark

 

[Nogoingback]

Try checking LittleMachineShop.com. They sell small lathes and accessories for them and their catalog lists adapters
for 3 hole spindle flanges as well as chucks. If you talk with them they may have exactly what you need.

 

[Black Knight Custom]

I wnet with this one. It has a small bore though but most of the things I need it for are to turn off center so having a 1.5 bore would be of no help.