Drill Chuck ?

[rjwolfe3]

I bought a drill chuck from AS and am using it for the first time in my Turncrafter Pro lathe. I noticed it seems to be too long. I have seen people shorten them in other posts. What is the easiest way to do this and about how much do people take off? Thanks

 

[Nick]

Rob
I had the same problem on my General, I just used the grinder to shorten it. Go slowly and use a cup of water to cool, remove any "burs" before you try it for size so they will not score the MT.
Hope this helps

 

[RHossack]

I used a cut off disk in my dremel ...

 

[maxwell_smart007]

hacksaw?

 

[rherrell]

Put it in the tailstock and then retract it until you can feel it bottom out. Now read the scale on the tailstock and add 1/4". Cut that much off the back and you're good to go. A hacksaw will work, just be sure to clean up the burrs with a file or a grinder.

 

[rjwolfe3]

Thank you all for the help. Rick, what scale on the tailstock? I will use a ruler, I think my lathe was too cheap to have that, lol. I just wanted to make sure I didn't screw it up. Thanks again.