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Homemade Lantern Chucks

Lantern Chucks

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Old Biker UK on chaski.org

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Homemade lantern chucks fabricated from 3/8" brass bar stock. Intended to function as holding fixtures during socket screw shortening operations.

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Nov 11, 2013 4:47 PM

DIYer

Beautiful fixtures. Shortening Allen/Torx bolts with these things is the proper way to do it.

Oct 07, 2013 10:40 AM

daveward

I never worried about the look of the end of the bolts...but I can now see the value...I'll have to consider this anew.

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http://www.chaski.org/homemachinist/viewtopic.php?p=126745#p126745

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DIY Lantern Chucks - comment on how to build a Lantern Chucks - 2 comments

DIYer says:

Nov 11, 2013 4:47 PM

Beautiful fixtures. Shortening Allen/Torx bolts with these things is the proper way to do it.

daveward says:

Oct 07, 2013 10:40 AM

I never worried about the look of the end of the bolts...but I can now see the value...I'll have to consider this anew.

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