I've accidentally unscrewed the jaws of my VM100 and am having firs getting them back in right. Any suggestions?
Bob,
Most chucks that style you can apply a rubber band around the outer edges of the jaw and rotate
the adjusting screw to loosen the jaws then reverse the direction of the adjustment screw to
tighten the jaws. This usually aligns the jaws so they retract into the chuck in the correct order.
You have to make sure you have the correct jaw in each slot or they won't line up when the chuck
is tightened all of the way down. Most jaw sets are marked with individual numbers which go into
a specific slot on the jaw. Some chucks do not identify the proper slots but they always go in order
1,2,3,4. If your chuck does not have identifying marks for the jaws it is worth your time to mark the
chuck in some manner to avoid the problem later on.
Thanks for all the info. That video was great. On the video he mentioned a "stop pin" and somehow that has broken or come out, whatever, at any rate the jaws will screw out if extended to far. I'll contact VM and fins out what I can do. Really appreciate the info from all of you.