Thanks Tim I have the single locking collar for the chuck, have tried that with the chuck and all is o.k. I am well aware of morse tapers having bought and sold quite a few metal working lathes. The best one of all of them was a VDF German made lathe See http://www.lathes.co.uk/ Cheers Richard
On Sunday, August 4, 2019 at 6:11:43 AM UTC+1, Tim wrote: > > No one mentioned to NOT hammer it in like you would a lathe. In fact I > would recommend that you take it out frequently. You remove the knob > from the end of the spindle and use the 1/4" Allen wrench to tap it out. > > If you don't follow this advice, you will find the drive gets stuck inside > the socket and heavier means are necessary. > > If you really don't take this advice, the two metals will become one and > they are seriously not for woodworkers to attempt getting them apart! > > So some of this was said tongue in check, but the double locking collar is > the definitive way to go. Last I checked, legacy still had then in stock. > They are just two locking collars welded together. One has a smooth 1" bore > that tightens on the drive an the other collar I threaded 1-8 that tightens > on the spindle > > If you choose to use a chuck or a face plate you will need a smooth bore > split collar to make the accessories turn true. > > Hope that helps > On Aug 3, 2019, at 2:41 AM, Richard Ellis <rchrd...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> I have just put together my shortened 900 However I am not to impressed >> with the head stock 2 morse. Will there be a chance of it slipping if the >> tailstock dead center loosens and the pressure on the 2 morse eases . Do I >> need to locktite it or pin it somehow ?? >> Richard >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Legacy Ornamental Mills" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to legacy-ornamental-mills+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/legacy-ornamental-mills/dc917fc2-cadb-4270-ab4f-4fb17d815674%40googlegroups.com.
