Modifying chuck jaws

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[wileecoyoti]

"this is sacrilege probably" <- and that's why we love you work so much :)

[nivekastoreth]

You could call your deburring podcast "Take the Edge Off". I'd listen to it.

[DavidKutzler]

For someone whose first language is not English, you have a gift for turning clever English phrases: "This is sacrilege, probably...", and "Power tapping is really the civilized way to go...." You're the gold standard for precision and craftsmanship for the YouTube machining community.

[burntorangeak]

New colloquial phrase:
"This meets all my chucking needs."
I can see myself using this frequently.

[stefanhertweck]

Nice insightful twist to talk about the first grinding attempt that didn't work out and how you tackled the problem. Watching your hands talking, for some reason I was reminded of This Old Tony :)

[tuscanland]

I learn something new from you every time, I never knew about using the same pinion to achieve a greater degree of precision. Thank you Sir.

[warrenjones]

Nice work Stefan, I like your tapping method and the reason for it.

[woodsmn]

when I was doing production lathe work we used a lot of soft jaws..usually on a 14 inch chuck..we would all ways put a small relief grove at the corner radius in the back of the jaw cut to allow for debris accumulation in the jaw pocket..I had a hobby lathe at home and all ways thought about doing just what you just did...so I found this very entertaining...I am now retired and no longer do any machining...but thanks for the memories with your excellent videos

[nitbot]

I love your videos, you're my favorite youtube machinist <3

[aserta]

I've machined a few jaws down. Jaws are consumables as far as i'm concerned. I really, really like chucks that have bolt on jaws, those are such versatile chucks regardless of how many jaws, 3 4 or more they have.

[noelrieusset]

Great Stefan, this video came in on my mobile just when I was boarding a flight, dammm! I said, couldnt wait for the arrive at my destination to view your video.
Great as usual thanks. Noel

[KravchenkoAudioPerth]

I thought you would end up grinding the jaws in the chuck with a preload. That is how I envisioned the process when you started the video. Nice work. Thanks for taking the time to make this video. I really enjoyed it!


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[MrJeepinZeke]

Very cool. I need to do this for one of my chucks at work.

[stevendoesburg]

I’d listen to the podcast, I love engineering ‘war stories’.

[azonicds]

Perfectionist, just like myself, that's why I love to watch your videos, interesting content and I learn a lot! Thanks!

[metusa]

Nice work as always, your attention to detail and determination to do the best job possible is a credit to you .

[sharkrivermachine]

Very nice build, now I have ideas for my extra three jaw chuck. Good to know that it can be done. Thanks for sharing.

[ChirpysTinkerings]

pretty cool, I thought about doing that and making a soft jaw chuck out of one since standard 3 jaws are much cheaper than the soft jaw ones, but I was always worried about the drilling and tapping part of it. For removing the material, I figured the shaper wouldnt have too much trouble with it, lol. I bet I could make a tool bit or two out of the remnants of those jaws, lol.

[JourneymanRandy]

I like what you did. Nice improvement.

[dougankrum]

...7:45....amazing the speed you're running, that grinder doesn't throw that brush off...