MWF FEED
28th July 2020, 10:30 PM
Hi Guys,
I needed to make some more soft jaws for the lathe chuck. So yesterday I cut a chunk of 1/2" thick aluminium plate 50 mm wide by 5" long, to make some fingers that I could fasten to my existing soft jaws with the M6 countersunk screws into the existing threaded holes. I cut all the pieces on the bandsaw. I wish that I had bought one of these years ago, particularly when I think of all the time that I got back ache from hacksawing stuff.
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These pictures show the bandsaw setup for cutting the 50 mm by 125 mm piece of aluminium plate into 1/2" thick fingers.
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Here are three pictures of the aluminium fingers, drilled, countersunk and screwed to the ECJ soft jaws. I machined the tapers on the ends and fitted them to the jaws and bored a centre. I stamped them with the position in the chuck numbers, so that I will know which finger attaches to which jaw.
28-07-2020-003.jpg (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=387812&d=1595932216)
This how they look on the chuck.
Now to get on with machining my grinding spindle shaft !
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I needed to make some more soft jaws for the lathe chuck. So yesterday I cut a chunk of 1/2" thick aluminium plate 50 mm wide by 5" long, to make some fingers that I could fasten to my existing soft jaws with the M6 countersunk screws into the existing threaded holes. I cut all the pieces on the bandsaw. I wish that I had bought one of these years ago, particularly when I think of all the time that I got back ache from hacksawing stuff.
28-07-2020-002.jpg (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=387813&d=1595932216) 28-07-2020-001.jpg (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=387814&d=1595932216)
These pictures show the bandsaw setup for cutting the 50 mm by 125 mm piece of aluminium plate into 1/2" thick fingers.
28-07-2020-005.jpg (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=387810&d=1595932216) 28-07-2020-004.JPG (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=387815&d=1595933204) 28-07-2020-006.JPG (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=387809&d=1595932216)
Here are three pictures of the aluminium fingers, drilled, countersunk and screwed to the ECJ soft jaws. I machined the tapers on the ends and fitted them to the jaws and bored a centre. I stamped them with the position in the chuck numbers, so that I will know which finger attaches to which jaw.
28-07-2020-003.jpg (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=387812&d=1595932216)
This how they look on the chuck.
Now to get on with machining my grinding spindle shaft !
Attached Images
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https://metalworkforums.com/images/attach/jpg.gif 28-07-2020-003.jpg (https://metalworkforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=387812&d=1595932216) (252.7 KB)
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