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Super Nova 2

#1

Dick Hines

Super Nova 2

Dick Hines

I decided today was a good time to clean no chucks. I took one of the Super Nova 2 chucks apart and gave a good cleaning. I have been turning a lot of WET wood so they were in bad shape.

After a good cleaning I started to put it back together. I ran into a bit of a problem. The jaw slides would not go back on the scroll. The jaw slides seem to have gotten fat while they were off. The scroll gear is 1/32 high. The slides will not fit . The Super Nova 2 chuck can have the jaw slides starting anywhere scroll as long as they are all in order 1-2-3-4.

This is not the first time I have cleaned this chuck. I don't remember this trouble before.

Any ideas?

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john lucas

Do you have them upside down. Is the Jaw #1 in the #1 slot.

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#3

Dick Hines

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Dick Hines

They are right side up. In the directions it says "any slide can start in any slot as long as they are in the 1-2-3-4- order.

The Super Nova 2 chucks don't have the numbers stamped on the chuck.

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Jim Breeden

I had the same problem first time I cleaned my SN2's. I kept fiddling with the sequence until I got them correct. I have since "pinged" the body under each slide with one through 4 pings to identify their correct positions. Teknatool does indicate that the slides should be reinstalled in their original positions - but - do not mark the chucks to indicate such.

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#5

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Geoff Whaling

Dick just check "Starting with Jaw slide number 1 insert it into your chosen slide way, continue to do this with the remaining three jaw slides in numerical order, clockwise direction." Its easy to get the direction wrong with the chuck inverted.