Four Jaws and a Newb

Quick little vid for a simple little upgrade.

[@blazunlimited]

Ooh, nice! It’s Christmas again, and you got a shiny new 4 jaw chuck!

[@blazunlimited]

Snappy title. Makes a person curious to click it.

[@a-k-jun-1]

An upgrade to the eye chrometer for indicating is to get a piece of plastic or wood dowel rod and put it in the tool post. Then run it up close to the part and dial it in that way. Itsmuxh easier to see with the dowel rod close to it than just eyeballing in the open. Great video as always Sir.

[@HaveAGoAlan]

In hindsight, while I dialled the stock into the chuck itself fairly nicely, I completely forgot that the chuck was out of center.

[@steveclark..]

I use a bearing mounted on a spare piece of stock, put that in the tool post.

[@sacriptex5870]

cool!!! Use HHS bits its far better for small lathes

[@HaveAGoAlan]

I've got some HSS tooling, but I need to go over it and sharpen them.

[@steveclark..]

I disagree, I personally find that carbide inserts are way better for most jobs even on my small bench lathe. I rarely use HSS tooling now.