Quote Originally Posted by Tonyg View Post
Hi Rick,
Thank you. Your posts are always incisive and well documented. I only use my four jaw chuck now but many years ago I used to back off the jaws and put one of them back a turn later than the other two. I made up a small set of angled parallels with a slot through the length that I could fit a small nut and bolt which I would tighten to get to the right thickness, The top angled parallel had a cutout in it to fit the shape of the jaw to ensure that it did not fly out. It worked fine while waiting to acquire the 4 jaw.
Kind regards, Tony
Tony,

what a great bit of "out of the box" thinking! Once that jaw is offset, there is plenty of room for packing or other machinery.

Thanks!

Rick