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Drill chuck

Bill Buck

>Hi group; We'll I have taken the advice of the group and bought the chuck with the morse taper and jacobs taper shaft. As I was leaving the store I started talking to a turner and he told me that it's a handy tool and always use it in the tail stock but to never use it in the head stock alone (no pressure against it)for the posibility that the chucks have a tendancy to come out of the morse taper flying in some direction.

If I recall correctly I have seem chucks in head stocks in videos?

From a safety standpoint is that correct as I can't find that kind of info in any books??

Bill

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floyd knapp

>A morse Taper chuck will come loose through vibration when used in the head stock. To overcome this,drill and tap the morse taper end for a 5/16 piece of allthread rod. This needs to be long enough to stick through the headstock.Double nut the end that sticks out so you can snug it up with a wrench. The pressure will keep the chuck from vibrating loose.

Floyd

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John Lucas

>I agree. However when you use the chuck in the headstock you usually have small things in there. When the chuck breaks free it no longer has any drive power and just stops. I still recommend drilling and tapping the end to install a drawbar but I've used my chuck this way to hold small items and occasionally to drill holes in the end of long board and never had a problem even when it comes loose.

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Told you

Bill Howatt

>My post, entitled "Threaded End", April 1, in response to your original question stated that you should get a threaded one so a drawbar may be used to secure it when not using a tailstock.

You may or may not be able to drill and tap it because it may be too hard. If it is, just buy another chuck and shaft - it can be handy having two.

Bill

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