Boiled Chuck

John in Philly is killing me.  His puns are loaded and ready.  He got me with "Chuck Roast" in the comments.  It's a groaner, but I laughed anyway.

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Cleaning ye olde Polish chuck went smoothly so far.  I sprayed some of the leftover grease off with brake cleaner, then put the parts in a bucket with Zep 505 and poured in boiling water.  It was nearly 80 degrees outside so, the total temp change on the chuck was about 135 degrees.  We are aboot 400' ASL, so I don't derate the boiling temp of water because the pressure isn't quite 1 Bar.  

Okay, I had to find out: water boils at 211.3° F at 400 feet, 80° F ambient air temp, standard pressure.

Hot water rinse after tooth brushing them. Wiped the parts down with paper towels and put on some spray Rem Oil.  I found that oil really cheap a year or so ago.  Didn't want any flash rust or GREASE!

I decided to run a little diamond hone around the razor edge of the chuck.  I did two swipes on three angles using the backing holes as distance markers.  6 total swipes.  I just broke the edge a touch so, no more skinned hands.  

 

Razor sharp edge!  No radius or chamfer!!  90 degree angle between the dark and light gray.

 

Cheapo that I keep in my pocket

 

angle 1

angle 2

angle 3

Nice little 3 angle chamfer to keep the mitts from bleeding.

I still need to clean the pinions, the jaws and hardware.  I also need to dig up another cap screw for the backing plate.  Then, it'll be on to tearing apart the mail order quick change gear box to make the lathe ready to use again.

Personal update:

I got an email from a buddy at the main campus of the old job.  He mentioned a desk job that is unfilled.  Hard time finding anyone to do it.  I asked him to sound out the manager, so he asked about it, since I can't login to our corp stuff (I have a feeling they do that so you are worthless when you return.  I'm totally out of date on my old job, so much has changed.)  He sent me the boss' email.

I shot over an introduction, and dropped two names he would know.  He shot one right back.  "I know you!"  That was kinda cool.  Call tomorrow to discuss the job and see if I can / should apply for it.  It's like a technical writing position on some systems I used to support on the dirty hands side of the phone.  Not altogether unfamiliar.  

If you are a praying man, please do.  This was just a bolt from the blue.  I have to pursue it, might be a heavenly gift.