The Home Machinist!

Here is the final update to my problem with the 4 jaw chuck. I finally received the adapter plate, HF 29511, today and bolted it to the HF 29510. See the picture below. The total weight of the adapter plate and 4 jaw chuck is 22 pounds (not 45 as I stated earlier). To summarize: If you need a four j...

The 29510 is not a bolt on addition. I found this out the hard way. The HF44142 lathe spindle has a three bolt pattern at a 5 inch diameter and the 29510 is a 6 inch 4 jaw chuck with a four bolt pattern at a 6 inch diameter. A quick email to HF tech support revealed that a 29511-0VGA adapter plate (...

I was reading the excellent web page of Ray Sommers and a reader mentioned something interesting on his web page. He said "Bearing overheating is kept to minimum by limiting spindle speeds to less than maximums and repacking bearings with Harley wheel bearing grease." Looking at my 44142 (...

Thanks for the quick reply. I'm glad it's something that simple. I'll have to ebay a couple of capacitors.

BTW, you have a great website. I went to your website a few months ago to see how to change the oil in the 44142.

Woody in Florida

Many of the 5C collet fixtures have indexing but I need to perform about 10 minutes of machining while the lathe is at normal speed. I want to then stop lathing then engage indexing (at 45 degree intervals) without removing the work and installing an indexing jig. So far I have been marking the side...

Hello forum: I have had my 44142 for about six months and just recently when turning the mill spindle on, the motor hummed, buzzed and the spindle started turning at about 1 rev. per second instead of the usual high speed. Has anyone heard of this? Is the motor starting capacitor about ready to go?I...