Does anyone in the group have a Myford lever operated collet chuck?
I ask because I'm renovating an old chuck, and I need some help understanding the design..
In my rather battered example, the hinged bronze frame which the lever operates retains two slipper blocks, which in turn run in a 1/2 inch wide groove in the rotating part of the chuck. On my example the two slipper blocks are made from some dark red fibre material, and are very worn. Wear aside, they look wrong (and home-made) to me, not least because of the material used, and because they provide no lateral location. I would have expected them to be made from a material such as phosphor bronze, and to be more circular in shape.
Someone with one of this type of chuck has told me that their chuck has a solid circular bronze bearing ring, rather than the 2 slipper blocks. However, I can't see how this could fit my chuck, so I guess there may be was more than one version.
I have placed 3 photos of my chuck and the "slipper blocks" in Photobucket. See
Mike