Turn Rivets into Bolts
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 [more…]
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3 Jaw Chuck Runout
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 [more…]
YS Tools ER25 Collets and Chucks
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 [more…]
4-Jaw Chuck on Rotary Table
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 [more…]
Changing the Chuck on a Warco Lathe
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 [more…]