I remember using carbon tec. in the machine shop all the time. We used it to make taps cut closer to size. Also it was the only thing that worked as...
I bored soft jaws to fit turret lathe hard collet pads ,then I could use the pads to hold square and hex stock. You just have to bore the jaws to od...
I would take the 3 bolts that hold the chuck to the backplate out and loosen the 4 bolts that adjust the chuck and take the chuck off and look at how...