Is it okay to clamp down on a part before engaging the tailstock? I can only grab onto a small portion of the part before a taper messes up the axis of the part. I’m just worried about the tail stock pushing it further into the chuck. 175 tailstock psi 200 chuck psi gripping aluminum with hard jaws
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Tail stock or or chuck clamp first?
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MilGunsmith
Stainless
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Make a stop block to fit into the chuck. This will stop the work from being pushed into it. If you have soft jaws for the chuck, you can bore them with a stop built in.
just Dave
Plastic
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Chuck lightly bring center to contact, hold part towards center, rechuck .(loosen tighten)
eKretz
Diamond; Mod Squad
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- Mar 27, 2005
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- Northwest Indiana, USA
MG has it. Use a solid stop. I'd stay away from boring soft jaws unless you have a decent quantity of parts.
4GSR
Diamond
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- Victoria, Texas, USA
Are you working on a manual lathe? or is this on a CNC lathe?
I ended up using a bolt threaded through my spindle liner plug. Thank you for your reply!
CNC, its an old okuma.
Thank you for all the replies guys!
