Looks like your usual great work, Jim. My only experience with an MG is standing in the seat of my Uncle Jack's MG waving my new pirate sword as he zoomed down the road, when I was about 6. I bet

Nice job! Sent from Mail for Windows 10

As usual MG related. During the winter, I have been chasing oil leaks. There is a saying about early British cars: “If it does not leak, it's out of oil!” One of the larger leaks was a special

All my Polish tooling (6" 3 jaw, height gage, etc) have been outstanding good. My experience with Chinesium on the other hand has been terrible, and some of this was obtained through supposedly 'good'

I didn't mean to knock all imports , but I guess it sounded like that . I will say the best import stuff I have seen is stuff I bought from over the pond from Chronos , even with

Two pictures. first compares a Keyed and keyless chuck to show how much further out of the tailstock the keyless chuck is. Thats a Bison (polish) 1/2” chuck and a Jackobs 1/2” chuck. One other

Yes, absolutely tapered shank drills for anything over about 1/2". I have a Jacobs 18N (1/8"-3/4") keyed chuck and a couple of smaller Albrechts, all of which I bought used on ebay/craigs list and

If you use both small and large drills in your tailstock, you need two chucks. Chucks, particularly small ones, are not that expensive, and they are trivially easy to swap out of the tailstock. When

I agree Glenn Key less chucks are ok for hand held drills GP

My experience is keyless chucks are convenient but do not grip drill bits very well. Any bit over 3/8” or 1/2” is at risk of spinning in a keylesschuck. Keyed chucks are a bit of a nuisance to

Nobody's mentioned it yet, so I will: Morse Taper drills are generally better and easier to use than a drill chuck. Most of ours are cast offs, car boot sale stuff etc. Sits back and awaits

if ya buy a import key less chuck they all come with a extra unwanted option " run out " animal

+1 for the 5/8" (or bigger!) chuck recommendation. My 13" has a Jacobs Super Chuck 18N (1/8" to 3/4") on the tail stock's MT3. Of course you'll need something for the under 1/8" but it hasn't been a

Chuck keys cost less than 10 bucks new, probably pennies when used. I have a box full of them (about 10-15) i got at an auction for 8 bucks. All my chucks are Jacobs. I have always wanted a keyless

Let me start by saying ; “I hate keyless Chucks” You are free to disagree. Two reasons: 1) They stick out of the spindle way too far. 2) They do not grip the drill as well as a keyed chuck. You

When I use a keyless chuck in my lathe tailstock to hold a tap when power tapping, the chuck opens up when I reverse the lathe spindle. I don't seem to have that problem on my mill. Perhaps because

A keyless chuck for me works better on a rotating spindle than on a tail stock. Extra money for a less that useful feature on a tail stock is how I see it. I do not have Vertex brand,

Thanks for the feedback on Vertex as well as the 5/8 recommendation. I was already on the fence on that and will heed your advice.

Get one capable of 5/8". You won't be sorry.

I have a vertex keyless chuck but with a r8 taper, I think I have the 1/8 to 5/8 version. It's a great chuck. I suppose it might not be albrecht worthy but it is fine for my needs. I also have a