Andy's Shed
Established Member
What a bl**dy pain in the rear that was. I was working on a bowl (which has since bust) and I went to take the crown drive out of the spindle, the knockout bar didn't want to budge it, so I tapped it with a small hammer, still not having it.
I took the plastic end off the knockout bar and threaded on a couple of nuts to protect the thread, walloped it with my mallet and it still wouldn't budge. Next were the mole grips and although I could slightly spin the crown drive, I just couldn't remove it.
Ok, I was beginning to get worried, a new lathe with MT2 and an MT2 drive firmly stuck. The next step was the girt big hammer
It worked thank goodness!
I now have a messed up Charnwood crown drive that I have no confidence in using again, even if it wasn't all chewed up by the mole grips.
I think it's time to get a drive that fits into my chuck.
![20230716_151229.jpg 20230716_151229.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attachments/143/143822-d2114d57e9042f5479427c03e33e4dc7.jpg)
I took the plastic end off the knockout bar and threaded on a couple of nuts to protect the thread, walloped it with my mallet and it still wouldn't budge. Next were the mole grips and although I could slightly spin the crown drive, I just couldn't remove it.
Ok, I was beginning to get worried, a new lathe with MT2 and an MT2 drive firmly stuck. The next step was the girt big hammer
![Hammer :hammer: 🔨](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f528.png)
I now have a messed up Charnwood crown drive that I have no confidence in using again, even if it wasn't all chewed up by the mole grips.
I think it's time to get a drive that fits into my chuck.
![20230716_151229.jpg 20230716_151229.jpg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attachments/143/143822-d2114d57e9042f5479427c03e33e4dc7.jpg)