Removing a chuck…

[BobParticipant @bob17059]

Fig 5 Page 43 is labelled Removing a chuck, but the strap wrench is shown in the correct position for tightening the chuck.

 

I always find that  jambing a block of wood between a chuck jaw and the rear shear of the lathe and then engaging back gear and pulling the belt in reverse (by hand) will loosen even the most stubbon chuck.

 

It would seem to me that there is something wrong if you need a strap wrench to put the chuck on.

 

Bob

[BobParticipant @bob17059]

Strap wrench on the wrong way round!

[wheeltapperParticipant @wheeltapper]

I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed that, I was going to post something but I thought Why make waves.

I’ve had a few posts deleted before now and the powers that be don’t like criticism so I kept quiet..

 

Roy

[Flying FiferParticipant @flyingfifer]

When i received the latest MEW that cover picture was the first thing i noticed then I found it repeated inside the mag. Is it a joke I thought, surely not? Like you Roy I held back from commenting & I agree with Bob re “putting on” a chuck with a strap wrench or any other means than by hand.

 

Alan

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

I emailed the Editor the day it arrived, yes he had noticed it!! Perhaps the mag layout people do not understand.

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

I don’t think its the layout people flipping the image to suit front page layout as the gearbox is in the correct position on the lathe, if it were reversed the lathe would look wrong.

 

Just a badly posed photo me thinks.

 

Jason

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

I did not like to say that!!

[Richard ParsonsParticipant @richardparsons61721]

It probably had to be posed that way otherwise the bar would have ‘flolloped’ downwards

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

I think someone is holding the bar, either that or the loose end of the strap is defying gravity.

 

J

[wheeltapperParticipant @wheeltapper]

possibly the person who wrote the caption doesn’t know how a strap wrench works,

 

Roy

[Martin WParticipant @martinw]

Richard

 

Thank you for reminding me of a word from youth, flolloped, I haven’t heard it for years and it immediately brought a smile to my face . It is so descriptive and even the sound of it describes the loose floppy collapse of something or somebody.

 

I too noticed the error in the pictures on receipt of the mag and thought its going to a lot of effort to unscrew it that way .

 

Cheers

 

Martin

[Nicholas FarrParticipant @nicholasfarr14254]

Maybe its a left handed lathe! like the the left handed screwdriver you used to send apprentices after.

Nick.

[Jeff DaymanParticipant @jeffdayman43397]

Anytime I’ve had a stuck one a strap wrench as shown in photo would be absolutely useless regardless of the direction it was applied.

 

Generally  you need a lot more hold than that.

 

In extreme cases I have put a 3/4 x 3/4 x 3 foot bar in the jaws with the power plug out and belts and gearbox engaged to lock the spindle. A sharp rap with a dead blow or copper or lead hammer usually will start the chuck moving.

 

Use of back gear is not advisable to lock the spindle for this procedure because under these extreme conditions teeth can be knocked out of the gears easily.

 

a toolmakers clamp across a belt between the pulleys will often lock the drive solid enough.

 

Play safe

 

JD

 

 

[ZigFireParticipant @zigfire]

Posted by Nicholas Farr on 13/08/2010 22:42:18:

Maybe its a left handed lathe! like the the left handed screwdriver you used to send apprentices after.

Nick.

 I had a left handed screw driver once, problem was it could only undo left handed threaded screws.

 

Michael

[Flying FiferParticipant @flyingfifer]

This is begining to sound like the long stand we used to send apprentices to get from stores. Happy days!!

Alan

[Sam StonesParticipant @samstones42903]

Then, since there’s a predominance of steam enthusiasts in ME, you will also remember being sent for a bucket of the stuff?

And what about bedding blue on the doll’s eye magnifying while reading the vernier, and the suggestion to swap eyes to get a better reading?

There appears to be no end to these jokes.

 

Anyway, it’s fun to look back!

 

Sam

[KWILParticipant @kwil]

That Myford has a spindle lock and you do not need to engage anything else to prevent or retard rotation.

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

Martin you may be of similar vintage to me: I’m sure “flollop” is what the sentient matresses did in “The Hitchikers’ Guide to the Galaxy”, though it smacks of Lewis Carrol.

 

Neil

[frank brownParticipant @frankbrown22225]

  It is a nice strap wrench, I  confess I have never seen one before. FWIW I use an old seat belt removed from my Brothers Vauxhall VX 490 in 1968 and 24″ of 2″ X 1″. Also works on Briggs and Stratton flywheels.

       Frank

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

I re-read the article that refers to the picture (not the caption) and it’s headed ‘fitting and removing chucks’ so perhaps he was nipping it up tight?

 

Neil

[Gordon WParticipant @gordonw]

I’ve revisited the strap-wrench photo, in the article he does say “tightening a chuck”. BTW an old timing belt makes a good strap wrench.

[RobboParticipant @robbo]

re “it’s a nice strap wrench” – this type is available fromArc Euro Trade. 

 

  I use the widely available “Boa-Constrictor” strap, it has a rubber belt whcih grips better than leather, and the large size gives terrific leverage.

 

I noticed the “wrong way round “pic as well, but declined to comment.

 

Phil

Edited By Robbo on 24/08/2010 15:33:59

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