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Axminster precision lathe

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Burt25

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I have been given an axminster precision pen turning lathe which comes with a 24x1 collet and axminster evolution mandrel. I have my full size lathe as well am am finding this second small lathe is great for doing my pens. The collet system is great but I would live to be able to drill my blanks on this lathe and was wondering if anyone knows of a scroll chuck which could be fitted on this lathe. I have looked online but I don't see anything with this tread size. Could I possibly get a thread adapter to allow a scroll chuck to be used? Any thoughts?
 
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I have one of these, and I think I'm right in saying there is no scroll chuck available to fit, at this time.

Walter wrote the review for woodturning magazine, so I'm sure he would know.
 
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what is the largest collet that you can put on the lathe? I like to round my blank before drilling, so you can see the grain of the wood. I don't always do so, but if I have a nice blank I will.
 
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It would be good if you could get a dedicated two jaw special chuck such as the Vicmarc I have it is superb.

Peter.
 

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Burt25 said:
I was wondering if anyone knows of a scroll chuck which could be fitted on this lathe. I have looked online but I don't see anything with this tread size. Could I possibly get a thread adapter to allow a scroll chuck to be used? Any thoughts?
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No, neither a chuck nor adapter are available in M24 x 1 which is a pity because it would be useful.

Neil Lawton said:
I have one of these, and I think I'm right in saying there is no scroll chuck available to fit, at this time.

Walter wrote the review for woodturning magazine, so I'm sure he would know.
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You are, I did, there isn't. Here is a link to the review: Dropbox - WT_291_94_97_KIT_&_TOOLS_vsMB.pdf



Bigblackdog said:
what is the largest collet that you can put on the lathe?
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13mm
 
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Axminster make a lot of their own stuff on site. I would have though it would be quite easy for them to make an adaptor to fit a small chuck. Probably not enough interest in one though. Any engineering company should be able to make one though at a price.
 
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