Find a large piece of hardwood that you can clampdown on in the chuck. It needs to be long enough so one side will strike the back way. The other side should be free to clear the ways. Protect the

To all, I meant to include “Houdini’s” advice in my suggestion below. Main thing: don’t use the headstock gears as a “lock” of the spindle, and rocking or repeated leverage, rather than

Bill, and all, Bill’s advice has worked for me on the two or three occasions where I encountered a “chuck problem.” This includes my antique 14” 1912 Whitcome-Blaisdell lathe with a Horton

I used a wooden 1x4 to make a "handle" for my chuck: http://www.delorie.com/photos/southbend-lathe/img_2624.html

never use your backgear spindle to lock the chuck spindle. sure fire way to bust off teeth on both gears. make a wedge from a piece of 2x4 and wedge it between the bullgear and the side of the

find a chunk of hex stock, big allen wrench would work, clamp it in the jaws of the chuck, and use a wrench to break it loose. May want to use a deadblow hammer, or big rubber mallet to whack the

Do you have access to an oxy acetylene torch and an assistant? I've had this happen a number of times on the railway's 14.5" Unbolt the chuck from the back plate. Take a large "Stilson" pipe wrench

Don’t try to remove the chuck this way. You will eventually break one or more gear teeth.

Hello everyone, I was making some improvements to the Harbor Freight drill pump and was going to change over to my 4 jaw chuck. Normally I would engage the back gear spindle insert my chuck key into

ya can run a sawzall without the blade by puttin the shoe of the saw on the form. kinda a poor mans stinger/vibrator animal

Steven, you better brace it every foot to ensure straightness. I'd definitely use a type of bond breaker as well. And be sure to tap the hell out of the edges to help eliminate bug holes on the

Roger, I was not thinking of using raw MDF. I was thinking of using Melamine Board (see Lowes.com). It has a thin plastic lamination on the MDF. The plastic laminate is placed in contact this

MDF for any type of concrete form... roflmmfao and smfh . Seriously..nothing could be worse to use as a form cept for cardboard boxes. Roger

Good points. I have a 3-ton mobile gantry crane in the shop, so it's not a concern in my case. Get Outlook for Android

Steven, About moving a heavy bench. I have built two very heavy benches and on both have braced the legs with strong horizontal members just high enough to fit a pallet jack underneath. These can

The MDF forms are removed after the casting is completed. While I have seen some amazing cabinetry made with MDF, I seriously question it's strength. Also, the dementions will change after cutting.

MDF heavy enough to support 300 pounds of wet concrete would make a fine lathe bench top.

Butcher block counter tops are not sealed. You can seal them if you like. They are 1 1/2 thick If you can find a piece of a bowling alley that would be much better but you may have to cut it to size

Either at Home Depot or Lowe’s I saw the laminated “butcher block” table tops - just the tops. Due to all the lamination and lacquer coatings they are likely pretty stable. You could mount that

I'm thinking you missed part of the thread. He did get quite nice results out of it. Check out the photos on the 3rd page. Also mentions accuracy to .0002". Not bad for a small lathe. Bill in