[shadowdog500]

Hello,

I just bought my first lathe last week, and this is my first post here.

I bought a Mini Lathe from Cummings.

Out of curiosity I took the chuck off to measure the run out in the spindle using the procedure described in mini-lathe.com.

I can happily report that the run out smaller than my dial indicator can detect because the needle on my dial indicator did not move at all.

When reinstalling the chuck I checked it with the dial indicator and noticed that the chuck can be shifted off center, and that the total movement was a little over 0.002". I centered the chuck the best I could but it is currently offset and the total movement when checking it with a dial indicator is slightly less than 0.001".

Is there a trick to centering the chuck with the spindle when reinstalling it?

I was thinking about using a hose clamp to align the chuck with the spindle before I tighten the three nuts that hold the chuck on. I am sure that there is a proper way to do this and I thought I would ask here before I try my centering via hose clamp solution.

In addition is there a good book or two that someone could recommend on the proper procedures to properly set up and run a lathe.

Thanks,

Chris