I have a antique lathe that does not have a hollow shaft in the headstock like modern lathes do. Is there a vacuum chuck for lathes like this?
Thanks,
Ed Jarvis
Thanks,
Ed Jarvis
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vacuum chuck
- Thread starter Ed Jarvis
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Yes there are head-stock side adapters, but I couldn't find one in the sources I know used to carry them (Craft Supplies & Packard). It looks like Bill Grumbine also no longer sells the one he was having made.
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Ed:
Vicmarc makes a vacuum adapter and other vacuum chucking accessories that do not require through-bored headstock spindles. I bought one on eBay a while back, simply because I got it for a great price. I have not used it yet because I need to convert the connection from the pressure-fit shop-vac hose fitting to a hose barb fitting. (My normal vacuum system uses a through bored spindle on the Jet 1642, Oneway vacuum drums, and a Gast 0523 vacuum pump.)
Have a look HERE for a description of what vacuum chucking accessories they manufacture.
A source for these in the United States might be Woodworker's Emporium in Las Vegas - they are importers of the full line (?) of Vicmarc products, as far as I know. I just bought a few chuck-related things from them at the Symposium in Hartford.
See the following site:
http://www.woodworkersemporium.com/browse.cfm/vicmarc/2,20.html
Hope this helps!
Rob Wallace
(BTW Ralph - VY 73 DE WA0RW)
Vicmarc makes a vacuum adapter and other vacuum chucking accessories that do not require through-bored headstock spindles. I bought one on eBay a while back, simply because I got it for a great price. I have not used it yet because I need to convert the connection from the pressure-fit shop-vac hose fitting to a hose barb fitting. (My normal vacuum system uses a through bored spindle on the Jet 1642, Oneway vacuum drums, and a Gast 0523 vacuum pump.)
Have a look HERE for a description of what vacuum chucking accessories they manufacture.
A source for these in the United States might be Woodworker's Emporium in Las Vegas - they are importers of the full line (?) of Vicmarc products, as far as I know. I just bought a few chuck-related things from them at the Symposium in Hartford.
See the following site:
http://www.woodworkersemporium.com/browse.cfm/vicmarc/2,20.html
Hope this helps!
Rob Wallace
(BTW Ralph - VY 73 DE WA0RW)
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john lucas
AAW Forum Expert
If my memory serves me correct Bill Grumbine used to sell the adaptors. Hope he's listening and tell me if I'm correct or brain dead.
That's what I recall also, but I couldn't find any reference to it on his web-site (see my earlier post on this thread)