G0602 Conversion

[michaelthomas]

Well.....I think I see what you are saying. Thanks.

I've been looking at other people's conversions, and I like the look of your mounts the most.

Still don't have my lathe, yet.

[Crevice Reamer]

yeah, it's the CDCO chuck. I had to order backplates from somewhere, I think it might have been MTW, and turn them down.

Turning the backplates was a real chore until I figured out that cast iron wants a really slow speed. After that, it machined like a dream.

This 5C chuck uses an available Grizzly backplate. No turning required:

5C COLLET CHUCK:

ORIGINALLY POSTED BY Hans_G;661002: "]The Yahoo Grizzly 10x22 group had a few people who bought the CDCO 5C collet chuck and a spare 3 jaw chuck backing plate from grizzly (p/n P0602054-2, P0602054 is the 3 jaw chuck itself). The holes in the plate line up with the chuck."

http://www.grizzly.com/products/G0602/parts/7

They used to cost about $25, but now they are $70. Quite an increase in price.

CR.

[tmbg]

I think this is the one I bought:

Back Plates for 11 in. Lathes (WT)

Griz wants $70 for theirs, WT wants $40. For me, that was worth the turning hassle.

[mhackney]

I've had the Grizzly backplate on back order for over 6 weeks now. At the time, WT was out of stock. I think I'll order the WT plate while they have it in stock.

cheers,
Michael

[photomankc]

I noticed the sudden price triple myself. I was looking for something else on the spares site and wondered if that was a mistake? $70 for a threaded cast-iron plate.... uh no.

Glad I have the two I need. I guess I better not screw up though.

[tmbg]

I bought two from WT; one went on my 5C chuck, and I have a spare. Considering that the lathe came with two chucks with backplates, I figure four plates total is enough to handle whatever I may need to do.

[photomankc]

Is there any reason that you cant make one from steel? I keep eying a 6" cut-off that is sitting on the shelf at the metal supply place. and thinking it would make a nice back-plate and be less of grime filled mess to machine and thread.

I'm looking at the Southbend 6" 3 jaw set-tru in the latest Grizzly metalworking catalog and really lusting after it. It would need a back-plate that was custom built though because there are none that I can find in 1-3/4" - 8 thread that are thick enough for a set-tru boss. The steel slab would very likely do the trick.

I guess that it would be more prone to warping as it was cut down though and that this is why cast iron is generally used?

[skullworks]

The OEM backplate from Grizzly is showing as in stock for $31.25 at present.

P0602054-2 CHUCK BACKPLATE