HomeCNC, it worked it worked your idea of the rubber mallet and knocking it loose finally worked. It ended up with a friend of mine doing the hitting, with me holding the spindle pulley.
What a disappointment though, all that to get the freakin chuck off, to mount the Larger chuck, only to realize, that it's next to impossible to get the workpiece running true in the chuck...... I spent about an hour on it, then put the other chuck back on out of frustration of trying to get a piece of 5.5 in dia. 6061 mounted in the large chuck.
Any recommendations on a nice large chuck that won't break the bank ?
thanks to all for your suggestions and ideas!!
-arthur |