On Sunday 12 May 2013 09:16:13 Gregg Eshelman did opine:

> --- On Sat, 5/11/13, Gene Heskett <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Does anyone make a decent 4 jaw, about 5" in diameter that
> > will fit the
> > spindle flange of a mini-lathe  for < $250? 
> > Most of the chuck peddlers on
> > the net don't brag about what machines their product might
> > fit.
> 
> Nope. The only chucks made to directly fit the 7x Chinese lathe's
> spindles are 3".
> 
> Here's a 5" 4 jaw with 7x lathe adapter.
> http://www.littlemachineshop.com/products/product_view.php?ProductID=234
> 6&category=

Thanks, Gregg. I had missed that one in touring Chris's site yesterday.  
Ordered, with instructs to save me a couple bucks and put the timing pulley 
I ordered yesterday in one corner of the box.
 
It doesn't say how thick the adapter is or how true it runs, but we'll find 
out, I have good dial indicators.

> Dunno why nobody makes a 4" or 5" direct bolt on chuck for them. There'd
> be a large market for those.
 
I'd certainly think so.  The OEM 3" 3 jaw scroll is not even a sows ear, 50 
thou or more run out, I wound up putting it on a rotary table for the mill, 
where if I really want wrench flats concentric, I can program the mill to 
center them.  It gets used more for holding tool bits at odd angles while I 
sharpen them with a diamond wheel.  And in the most recent escapade, made a 
pair of .0370" and .0515" allen wrenches to really fit some 0-80 cap 
screws.  You can't buy an allen wrench that size that actually fits them.

Cheers, Gene
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