TdeG chuck question

Jaws to fit that chuck will most likely have to come from the maker, TdeG, wherever they are/were.

In addition to he fasteners you see to hold on he 3-jaw chuck, there probably is also a shoulder that fits into the back of the chuck, to register on, for centering.

To fit another chuck, you'll need to know the diameter of the bolt holes circle and the size of the register shoulder. From that information, you can select another chuck with a back that has dimensions comparable to the existing chuck, or adaptable with a mounting plate.

Another possibility is that the spindle is threaded, and the adapter holding the 3-jaw chuck could be threaded to match the spindle.

I don't know that company name, but I assume it's a European brand.

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Thanks for the reply Bill. TdeG is a Spanish company, Talleres de Guernica.

The chuck is on some kind of backplate; I think that is bolted to a plate on the dividing head. It's hard to tell...

I don't think it's threaded, it doesn't look like it is... but I will have another look over the weekend.

One of the english-worded Goog search results shows LMC as a distributor for TdeG chucks, although they seem to specialize in TdeG workholding solutions for fairly large workpieces.

LMC may be able to recommend a source for jaws for your chuck.

TdeG doesn't appear to be represented on the LMC page for more common sizes of chucks.

Taking stuff apart is my normal approach to most things. With assemblies like chucks and other machine-related assemblies, it's often helpful to make scratch marks or light punch marks to indicate the correct orientation of the various parts during re-assembly. Digital camera pictures can also be very worthwhile, although I normally just rely on pencil sketches of parts.

As a machine tool repair guy..when I encounter a machine for the very first time...I take digital photos of every..every disassembly step.

And occasionally review them when putting the bastard back together again and blessing myself for having taken those photos

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I've even done similar when parking at a strange mall. "Okay, here I is parked, there is the store." I still find myself saying "I had wheels when I got here..."

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I generally do that as well, whenever I disassemble anything. The only time I get bitten on the arse, is when I forget, or figure I don't need to.

Often, something I disassemble stays disassembled for months, until I come to put it back together again. Some things stay disassembled forever... I took an old ACT Sirius 1 computer apart (20 year old machine), and had to buy another one off eBay to figure out how to put it back together again!