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Jet Mini Lathe and 1/2" 2MT Chuck Problem

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Jet Mini Lathe and 1/2" 2MT Chuck Problem

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Jet Mini Lathe and 1/2" 2MT Chuck Problem

Larry in Lima

>I have a Jet Mini Lathe, and I have a pretty good quality 1/2" chuck that is #2MT.

Problem is this, the tang end of this chuck appears to be pretty "standard", but is too long to allow the chuck end to fit snugly into the taper on the tailstock. If I remove the handwheel on the end of the tailstock, I can do it, but I'd like to use it with the Jet handwheel. I even tried another chuck with a drawbar type end which is a little shorter, but still too long to fit with the handwheel on the tailstock.

I thought about having a machine shop shorten the tang, but figured that could get expensive and there must be another way someone here has done it.

I'm likely overlooking something obvious... so be kind....

Anyone got some help? If you need more information, feel free to ask, and thanks. Larry

Re: Jet Mini Lathe and 1/2" 2MT Chuck Problem

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Re: Jet Mini Lathe and 1/2" 2MT Chuck Problem

Carole in VA

>I know you have more sense than I do, but just in case...when I first got my lathe and put my chuck in my Mini Tailstock, I thought the same thing. My problem though, was I had the tailstock wound in all the way in the "eject" position. Soon as I wound it out a bit, the MT2 fit snuggly. Duh! This is probably not the case with yours.

Re: Jet Mini Lathe and 1/2" 2MT Chuck Problem

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Re: Jet Mini Lathe and 1/2" 2MT Chuck Problem

Larry in Lima

>Carol, and others.. In a sense, that IS my problem, I can use the chuck if I want to lose well over an inch, maybe as much as 1.5 on the range of movement.

Guess I'm just looking to get the full (or close) range of movement. Then again, I guess I CAN do it this way, and for deep holes, move the tailstock more often and keep drilling.

Just thought that maybe I was doing something "wrong", but maybe not...

Thanks - Larry

Re: Jet Mini Lathe and 1/2" 2MT Chuck Problem

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Re: Jet Mini Lathe and 1/2" 2MT Chuck Problem

John Leonard

>You could either cut it off shorter with a hacksaw or powered saw or grind it down on your grinder. I had to shorten a live center for my Nova 3000 so I cut it off. It was fairly soft and didn't take long. John L.

Re: Jet Mini Lathe and 1/2" 2MT Chuck Problem

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Re: Jet Mini Lathe and 1/2" 2MT Chuck Problem

Mark Kauder. Phenix City, AL

>If you shorten it so that you "Get the full range" you will lose the self-eject feature of the tailstock, and have to use a knock out bar to remove the taper every time.

Mark

Re: Jet Mini Lathe and 1/2" 2MT Chuck Problem

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Re: Jet Mini Lathe and 1/2" 2MT Chuck Problem

Larry in Lima

>Thanks Mark, guess I'll let it go. Didn't know/think about the eject feature, which is a lot nicer than beating it loose every time....

As problems go, I know this is a minor one, so I guess I'll leave it at that. Larry

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