rvanbeek
Member
I ordered a Pennstate Barracuda chuck and adapter for my Nova 1624-44 lathe. I assembled the chuck and adapter and put on lathe but notice that the chuch had what looked like both a wobble and runout. I put the chuck on my old Rockwell lathe and it ran true with out runout. I then focused my attention on the adapter and found that while spinning I held a sharpie against the side of the adapter and the sharpie left a gap of 3 inches on the circumference of the adapter. I called Pennstate and they were very cooperative and sent out another adapter. The replacement did the same thing. The box that it came in looked like it was a returned item based on markings on the outside of the box.
I checked the spindle of the Nova (brand new) with the sharpie and it seem so run true. I put the face plate on the Lathe and checked the circumference against the tool rest by putting a piece of paper between the tool rest and the face plate and can see no runout and the sharpie test shows no runout.
So it looks like the adapter is the problem. Has anyone else had this issue. I'm thinking that Woodcraft sells an adapter that has a locking set screw for reverse operation and it's made in the usa. Is there a better alternative? Have I missed anything?
Thanks Rich
I checked the spindle of the Nova (brand new) with the sharpie and it seem so run true. I put the face plate on the Lathe and checked the circumference against the tool rest by putting a piece of paper between the tool rest and the face plate and can see no runout and the sharpie test shows no runout.
So it looks like the adapter is the problem. Has anyone else had this issue. I'm thinking that Woodcraft sells an adapter that has a locking set screw for reverse operation and it's made in the usa. Is there a better alternative? Have I missed anything?
Thanks Rich