How to Install & Adjust Metal Lathe Chuck - Smithy Granite 3-in-1

This Video Shows How to Install and Adjust a Metal Lathe Chuck - Tutorial on the Smithy Granite. Dave demonstrates how to correctly and safely remove a chuck from your metal lathe. This particular chuck is a 3-Jaw Scrolling chuck, but the concepts would be similar for a 4-Jaw or other type of chuck. Remember that chucks are heavy and you are always best to place a protective cover over the ways of your bed to prevent damage. Keep in mind also that a lathe chuck is heavy and can fall quickly when it breaks loose from the spindle face. If you are not ready it could fall on the machine, or worse, on your foot. Later in the video Dave gives a few tips about how to measure and mark your lathe for easier alignment at the point of maximum accuracy. ________________________ Dave Weiss worked as the Service Manager at Smithy for over 20 years. Dave is now retired, but he still maintains his status as "The World"s Expert on Bench Top Machine Metal Tools". He is coming into the shop a couple days a week to put his experience on video. That way you'll have it for your help and assistance as a Smithy Owner. Subscribe to keep getting updates from Dave; ________________________ The machine that Dave is using for demonstration purposes is the Granite MAX 1324. This lathe-mill-drill combo machine sets the standard for premium quality bench top machine tools. Putting a combination machine tool in your shop allows you to have the capabilities of a small machine shop without sacrificing too much floor space. The Granite 3-in-1 “big machine” features and premium quality is comparable to other larger, more expensive machine tools. PLUS, you'll have three machines in one. Nearly 30,000 Smithy machines are working hard every day in shops across North America. This fact let's you know that Smithy machines do set the standard for quality. ______________________ Smithy website homepage: www.smithy.com Granite Lathe Mill Drill Product page: https://smithy.com/granite-3-in-1 Please call us at 800-476-4849 to discuss your application needs E-mail: [email protected] Remember to like and subscribe. ______________________ Granite - Quality, Precision, and Reliability Are Built-In. Premium Bench Top Machine Tool America's #1 - for over 25 years. PRECISION: Compares to more expensive tools. BALANCE: Easy change over for different operations. FEATURES: Pro features help you work faster. MASS: Heavy castings add more precision. RELIABILITY: Designed and built for a lifetime of work. _______________________ As Close As You’ll Get to American Made 1) US Developed and Designed: The Granite Machine was designed by our engineers in Ann Arbor, Michigan based on machine user requests. 2) Precision is far higher than other 3-in-1 knock-offs: All components are machined to tighter specs, bearings are much higher grade, and the basic design is initially higher precision. 3) Higher Quality Production: Smithy employees oversee the production and quality control process at our sister factory of more than 25 years. No other seller can make that claim. 4) Superior Features: No machine out there can match the speed and accuracy with which you can accomplish your machining tasks on a Granite machine. Other 3-in-1 combo tools on the market are NOT EVEN in the same category for quality as the Smithy line of machine tools.