I done it. Have an old Craftsman 15" floor DP that has had .008 runout in the spindle for a couple decades. Just used it for junk drilling, and very rarely. Decided to fix it quick and dirty, so rigged a dial gauge to read the chuck body, turned the spindle to max deflection, backed off the dial, and smacked the chuck with a BFH fairly hard. Recheck; .007. Hmmm. Smack; .005. Smack; .002. Smack; dead nuts. 'Bout time I did something with that. JR Dweller in the cellar
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16 years ago