What I forgot to mention was after all the tweaks and adjustments I put my dial indicator on the outside of the chuck and rotated that by hand using the pulley and that was right at .001 or less for the outside surface so that led me to beleive the jaws were off.
I was taught to tighten all the jaws also.
The ss piece I was testing was 6" long but was inserted into the spindle hole so only about 2 inches were extended.
I knew when I got this there was going to be a steep learning curve but you get to know the machine inside and out.
I just want to make a part!
Dave |