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How hard can it be to turn rivets into bolts? The reason I need to do this is I want the bulkhead in the tender of the Burrell traction engine to be removable. At least removable for the moment. The issue is that this traction engine is 1/20th scale and the rivets are 1/16 inch … Read more
I’m getting significant 3 jaw chuck runout on my Warco 240B lathe. Although ok at first I’m now finding the chuck as delivered with the lathe is rubbish. As delivered the Warco 240B lathe and the 3 jaw chuck were brilliant, but over time the runout on the 3-jaw has increased. I’ve even marked the … Read more
A set of ER25 metric collets along with 3MT and parallel shank chucks. The parts as they arrived. 25 collets, 2 chucks and 2 C-Spanners not shown here. All of the parts came in sealed plastic bags and well oiled and these were all inside individual plastic boxes. An ER25 collet and 3MT chuck shown … Read more
4-Jaw Chuck on Rotary Table or perhaps more accurately: “Mounting a 4-jaw Chuck to a Rotary Table in the Simplest Way”. The simplest way is the part for me. I’ve had a small 80mm 4-jaw chuck hanging around my workshop for some time with the intention of either mounting it to the Hobbymat Lathe or … Read more
This shows the chuck being changed on a Warco WM240B, but the process is similar for most of the Warco lathes. First of all make sure that the lathe is unplugged. I then use the chuck key to hold the chuck and with a spanner loosen the nuts at the back. In this image I … Read more