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  1. 30th June 2008, 08:46 PM #1
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    Default Vicmarc owners, question no 2

    Sorry about this. The 120 chuck went on the lathe today, just waiting on some jaws which will hopefully arrive tomorrow so I can turn a basic lidded box out of 3 inch Murray Pine.

    In the meantime, I was playing around hoping to put the new 150 chuck on the outboard side. But I could not for the life of me get the counter balance off the head stock. It must be left-hand wind but it wouldn't budge what ever I did. Any clues? Maybe, once I get it off, I think I need a left-hand thread for it?

    Which leads to another question - can I leave both chucks semi-permantently on the lathe?

    This wood turning caper gets more and more complex.

    Hope someone can help.

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    Have you removed the safety collar and no it's not a left hand thread, it's a right hand thread.

    You could leave the both chucks on, as long as you use the Vicmarc insert which have a locking grubscrew and the safety collar to stop the insert from unwinding off the spindle.
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    DJ,

    thanks for that. I'll have another look tomorrow and take the "safety" off.

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    DJ,

    I've sorted the chuck on the outboard side - thanks for the advice. I now have the 120 inboard and the 150 outboard. I hope neither decides to fly off!

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    Good stuff

    If you're leaving a spare chuck on, I would put the safety ring on the spare one or even better, order a second one and put one on each chuck and you'll know they won't want to come off then, but this only works if you're using the Vicmarc inserts
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