Ok, so everyday I learn something new...usually by watching something go slightly wrong. This time it is the Morse taper Jacobs chuck slipping in the tailstock when I use it to drill out the center of a hollow form prior to turning the inside. The slipping is where the taper fits inside the tailstock, not where the arbor meets the chuck. Light pressure = no problem, medium pressure = slippage. I can retard/delay the slippage by grabbing and holding the chuck tight, but eventually my grip will give way to the physics of the lathe. I slow the lathe way down to way less than 100 rpm.
Is this slippage part of the technique, am I just advancing the tailstock too fast?
Suggestions please.:dontknow:
Is this slippage part of the technique, am I just advancing the tailstock too fast?
Suggestions please.:dontknow: