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Bought a new Jacobs ball bearing chuck. The one I was going to replace was ancient. They changed everything. New one is made in heaven knows what third world country and it wouldn't hold a 1/2" drill even with a nine inch cheater pipe on the wrench. A friend of mine that sells and repairs everything walked in as I was cussing up a storm. He told me you can't even get a repair kit to rebuild the old model that worked. I measured the new one and damned if they didn't change all the dimensions on the new ones. I don't think much of the Rohm. Will have to find some other brand that works. | ||
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First they change the material 501 Levis are made from, then they reduce the sugar content in Frosted Flakes, now this! The good news is that Albrecht still makes a top quality chuck. And it's keyless! http://www.albrechtchucks.com/ _______________________________________________________________________________ This is my rifle, there are many like it but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend, it is my life. | |||
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The Good News is I have about 30 Jacobs chucks of various sizes, many are Super Chucks, some new in boxes.. It pays to be an old fart that has owned and worked in machine shops since 1955! | |||
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Westpac Went to their site to see how the keyless type worked. Couldn't figure out from the information they gave if the chuck needs to be spinning like the keyless chucks on cordless drills. This wouldn't work in a tailstock as it is not spinning. Am I missing something? | |||
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Just like they're called, no key is needed; doesn't matter if the chuck is stationary like if used in a tailstock, or spinning like in a Bridgeport. Fast, secure and accurate you can not beat Albrecht chucks. John Farner If you haven't, please join the NRA! | |||
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Place the keyless chuck in your tail stock. Open the chuck with your hand, insert a drill bit, close the chuck with your hand, turn on the lathe and get drilling. When you are done, stop the lathe, open the chuck with your hand and remove the bit. Of course you don't have to stop the lathe to change the bits, you can change bits while it's running. Pretty neat huh?  Trust me and John, you will not go wrong buying an Albrecht chuck. The best money you will ever spend on a chuck._______________________________________________________________________________ This is my rifle, there are many like it but this one is mine. My rifle is my best friend, it is my life. | |||
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I have to second Westpac's and John's opinion on an Albrecht chuck. Like anything else in the machine tool industry you get what you pay for. And the Albrecht keyless chuck is the standard that all others are measured by. Just like hardinge collets, Valenite tool holders, and Kalamazoo Chuck. You get what you pay for. You can pass all that stuff on latter on and it will still be in good shape as long as you don't abuse it. www.KLStottlemyer.com Deport the Homeless and Give the Illegals citizenship. AT LEAST THE ILLEGALS WILL WORK | |||
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We converted to Albrecht chucks about 8 or 10 years ago. $ well spent. Doug | |||
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I have a machine shop here at the house. I do not call myself a machinest, but I do have 7 Albrecht chucks and I do use one in the tailstocks of my lathes. Butch | |||
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You guys confuse me...chucks and tail stock just mean different things to me...   Mike Legistine actu quod scripsi? Never under estimate the internet community's ability to reply to your post with their personal rant about their tangentially related, single occurrence issue.  What I have learned on AR, since 2001: 1. The proper answer to: Where is the best place in town to get a steak dinner? is…You should go to Mel's Diner and get the fried chicken. 2. Big game animals can tell the difference between .015 of an inch in diameter, 15 grains of bullet weight, and 150 fps. 3. There is a difference in the performance of two identical projectiles launched at the same velocity if they came from different cartridges. 4. While a double rifle is the perfect DGR, every 375HH bolt gun needs to be modified to carry at least 5 down. 5. While a floor plate and detachable box magazine both use a mechanical latch, only the floor plate latch is reliable. Disregard the fact that every modern military rifle uses a detachable box magazine. 6. The Remington 700 is unreliable regardless of the fact it is the basis of the USMC M40 sniper rifle for 40+ years with no changes to the receiver or extractor and is the choice of more military and law enforcement sniper units than any other rifle. 7. PF actions are not suitable for a DGR and it is irrelevant that the M1, M14, M16, & AK47 which were designed for hunting men that can shoot back are all PF actions. 8. 95 deg F in Africa is different than 95 deg F in TX or CA and that is why you must worry about ammunition temperature in Africa (even though most safaris take place in winter) but not in TX or in CA. 9. The size of a ding in a gun's finish doesn't matter, what matters is whether it’s a safe ding or not. 10. 1 in a row is a trend, 2 in a row is statistically significant, and 3 in a row is an irrefutable fact. 11. Never buy a WSM or RCM cartridge for a safari rifle or your go to rifle in the USA because if they lose your ammo you can't find replacement ammo but don't worry 280 Rem, 338-06, 35 Whelen, and all Weatherby cartridges abound in Africa and back country stores. 12. A well hit animal can run 75 yds. in the open and suddenly drop with no initial blood trail, but the one I shot from 200 yds. away that ran 10 yds. and disappeared into a thicket and was not found was lost because the bullet penciled thru. I am 100% certain of this even though I have no physical evidence. 13. A 300 Win Mag is a 500 yard elk cartridge but a 308 Win is not a 300 yard elk cartridge even though the same bullet is travelling at the same velocity at those respective distances. | |||
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I wish I ad a y=tail stock like that to tinker with www.KLStottlemyer.com Deport the Homeless and Give the Illegals citizenship. AT LEAST THE ILLEGALS WILL WORK | |||
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Kerry, Those tailstocks are too expensive too tinker with for me. I thought the economy wacked my 401-k the way it is, that would cut it in half! | |||
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I can relate to that!!!  /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// "Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." Winston Churchill | |||
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The brown truck just delivered my Albrecht chuck. Fine piece of machinery. Leave it to the Germans. Speaking of the Germans, don't know if anyone does any fab work, but a month ago I bought a couple of Bessey, German made sliding bar C clamps. Beat the old style clamps two ways to Sunday. You can set them using only one hand, which is great. Expensive, but if you check the MSC fliers, you can save a good bit. | |||
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The quality of Albrecht chucks keeps my eyes on Flea-Bay from time to time. I only need one more to be complete. Just one more. I can quit then. Right. Try Penn Tool company's sales catalogs. The ones made out of paper. MSC also rocks.  | |||
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