BarrierBob
Member
This may seem like a silly question, but there goes. What is an acceptable runout or tolerance of a headstock mounted drill chuck? I have two differant drill chucks that I use on my Jet 1220 lathe. I set up a dial indicator and I get 10 to 12 thou. runout at the end of the chuck. I know it's bad, I can see the wobble. What is a good ,or acceptable runout? I want to switch over to a collet chuck, but funds are low right now. Is there someone that has a good drill chuck that is within tolerance out of the box? ( of course with a decent price! I have checked runout at the head stock and it is great, so I know the problem is in both of the drill chucks. One takes a chuck key, the second is a keyless. Any help would be appreciated.