AndreE
Plastic
- Joined
- Oct 16, 2005
- Location
- Atlanta, GA
Hello all!
I have a couple questions about collet mounted scroll chucks, if I may…. Search terms with the words collet and chuck together only return “Collet Chuck” results.
Can the collet be removed and a different collet mounted?
Were the collets soldered to the chuck, or how were they mounted/attached?
Here’s my dilemma…
I am not a machinist and as such, most of my questions stem from my ignorance. I have a Rivett 608 and a tiny 8mm watchmaker’s lathe, both fairly well appointed with chucks, collets etc.
For years I have been hoping to find a little Schaublin or Habegger 70 precision lathe. Recently I was fortunate enough to get a Habegger JH70 with a handful of collets, but no chucks. I’m sure I’ll eventually find some, but for the interim, I was wondering if chucks were sometimes repurposed for use on a different machine?
Between the Rivett and Wolf Jahn, I have a number of scroll chucks ranging from 55mm-100mm. One of the 60mm 6-jaw chucks currently has no collet mounted and I was wondering if one could mount it on a W12 collet and post? The mount hole seems to be cone-shaped. If I can remove the collet from a few of the others I would have a tidy number of chucks to choose from. Proportionally it looks like it may work.
Is there a specific name for collets with the little cone shaped spindle on top of them?
I have a couple questions about collet mounted scroll chucks, if I may…. Search terms with the words collet and chuck together only return “Collet Chuck” results.
Can the collet be removed and a different collet mounted?
Were the collets soldered to the chuck, or how were they mounted/attached?
Here’s my dilemma…
I am not a machinist and as such, most of my questions stem from my ignorance. I have a Rivett 608 and a tiny 8mm watchmaker’s lathe, both fairly well appointed with chucks, collets etc.
For years I have been hoping to find a little Schaublin or Habegger 70 precision lathe. Recently I was fortunate enough to get a Habegger JH70 with a handful of collets, but no chucks. I’m sure I’ll eventually find some, but for the interim, I was wondering if chucks were sometimes repurposed for use on a different machine?
Between the Rivett and Wolf Jahn, I have a number of scroll chucks ranging from 55mm-100mm. One of the 60mm 6-jaw chucks currently has no collet mounted and I was wondering if one could mount it on a W12 collet and post? The mount hole seems to be cone-shaped. If I can remove the collet from a few of the others I would have a tidy number of chucks to choose from. Proportionally it looks like it may work.
Is there a specific name for collets with the little cone shaped spindle on top of them?
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