in between the showers - got 'kin soaked earlier down the village, stood talking to Rio - sat in his truck
I cracked on with yesterday's bits and got this together..
although it looks 'cock-eyed' in the pic., the top/bottom are perfectly parallel .................................................................................................and in position for a trial
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undid 5 of the 6 camlocks, then tightened the chuck onto the spigot, 'fore letting go of the sixth lock
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and off came the 3 jaw, which I can manage by hand, if I stand on the suds tray to get it at waste level ... dropped it on the floor and hung the new 4 jaw on the hook
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I can just about get this off the deck - pushing a good 70 kilos - no way can I get it up to the bed let alone 'carefully' attach it to the spindle nose on the Harrison
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POP with the new 'toy' .... and a lovely chuck
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back off and heading for the floor
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then try the faceplate which is barely manageable to get up to chest height ... no jaws on this so to make certain it doesn't slip off/escape .. we have a removable end plate - slugs from the broaches come in real handy for little discs

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and onto the spindle nose
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might make this its own specific lift bracket that I can bolt to one of the capture tappings, but the end plate does work perfectly well and the balance is perfect on the hook
finally I tried hanging a sling on the gantry, as the pull lift is a tad high in the air for operating without a stretch up (which usually pees my spleen off, doing things above my head) - see if I can't make it a dedicated drop chain - plenty of bits about to create something with (or keep my eyes peeled for a nice little leccy (or even air) hoist to sub. in the pull lift's place
and the 3 jaw goes back on ready for my tool post work
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gantry seems perfectly happy, even with the 4 jaw and me hung on it - bit of deflection, obviously but it's nothing horrendous - think a lighter structure could've had 'issues'
sure will make chuck changes a POP and installing anything lumpy in the lathe
installation of the new tool post next ..
found some additional tool holders on FBMP Thursday night, for a quarter of new cost ..
msgd the guy and would've gone and got them (with a couple of other 'interesting bits, he's listed), if he'd only respond to my messages ..
gonna be p*ssed if they've gone before I get a chance at them - local-ish too

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@6feetdown 's turf

- which is local enough for me
upside is they're too big for most ppl's '
in the garage, hobby lathe', so'll hopefully not attract much attention, cheap though they are, they'll only fit a T3 QCTP, which is a lump
some of his other stuff went PDQ, sadly
as I said the other night about buses coming along in numbers....
found this on FB last night ... D1-8 camlok chuck (which admittedly needs a dammed good clean), MT7 to MT5 spindle sleeve

(VERY hard to find) and a few nice bits with it -- would've had a carrier there in the morning, back in June
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asked the guy if he'd flog the spindle sleeve separately -- and he's already sold it
