Displaced Canadian
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The thing that I charitably call a drill press has gone up in smoke. It was never that good to start with. I don't have a lot of space and am going to try drilling on my lathe.
Question, I have a tight budget. What kind of a chuck do you have and what do you like about it and don't like about it? Do I need an adapter? PSI has a set of jaws for their brand of chucks that are 2" long to support the blank as you drill. Is that a good thing or just creating a solution to an issue that doesn't exist? The 2 ends of the lathe line up fairly well, at the end of the mandrel it is only off by about a degree at the tail stock sometimes spot on. I will in time be using it for other things. Any advise?
Question, I have a tight budget. What kind of a chuck do you have and what do you like about it and don't like about it? Do I need an adapter? PSI has a set of jaws for their brand of chucks that are 2" long to support the blank as you drill. Is that a good thing or just creating a solution to an issue that doesn't exist? The 2 ends of the lathe line up fairly well, at the end of the mandrel it is only off by about a degree at the tail stock sometimes spot on. I will in time be using it for other things. Any advise?