Kragax
Member
Hello Again, Another question. I should be picking my lathe up tomorrow. I pan on buy a Jacobs chuck at the same time for my tailstock. As far as a jawed chuck I'm kinda stuck at the moment. It seems that there are some inexpensive units in MT1 but not for MT2. All the lathes I have worked on (metal) were already tooled up so I've never had to deal with this. Is the an inexpensive MT2 chuck out there? I have seen conversion arbors but seems to me that the longer shaft would greatly effect the radial run out or do you change the shaft on the chuck? My lathe comes with the usual drive center and a faceplate. Is the a chuck that I can mount on the faceplate? If not I will wait til next month and see what I can afford then. SS is tough though.