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And the good news - it's all gone back together now with new bearings, smooth as silk again. The chuck from my lathe is the same taper so I can swap back and forth v easily.

I bought a thick rubber mat designed for horse stables - it is tough as anything and about 1/2 inch thick - it's been down years now with no ill effects.

Brian, I finally got it off this morning, with the aid of my trusty angle grinder....I cut the outer collar away, then the jaws and finally cut into the main body to close to the shaft then in with a small cold chisel - that opened it up and off it popped. I cannot believe how tight it was. No...

Hi Brian, Thanks, and no I don't that is a big part of the problem I suspect!! I saw the lathes site, v useful. Also there is a company in Dudley that specialises in them and can supply spares. At a price! If I could borrow them that would be fantastic Thx Jim

Hi , I've read through this thread with great interest - I need to remove the chuck from my newly obtained Startrite Merury as it is pretty worn and sticks, getting it to tighten/loosen smoothly is the problem and drill runout. The difficutly is getting the old one off....I have tried using the...