this is the kind of video that made me subscribe, basic stuff that I never had the chance to learn before KZfaq

Adam, another great video. One of the reasons I enjoy your channel is your willingness to educate others. Never stop learning. Thanks!

You nailed it again, just got my first 3 jaw 80mm chuck, some of us are just learning, and like you said, we have KZfaq mentors. Thank you for your time 👍👌🇦🇺

I’m not a machining expert or have much experience but I can see videos like these becoming a new abom79 series. Thanks for the content, Adam!🤘🏻

This is why I started watching your channel and subscribed...I'm learning and learned a lot from watching. You talk about which cutter/insert you use and all about different metals...from a new guy learning and not knowing it means a lot...thank you Adam for helping and teaching

Great explanation! I had to figure it out for myself the first time I swapped the 4 jaw for the 3 jaw on my D1-4 size lathe. Would love to see more of the basics that are probably second nature to a seasoned machinist.

Very helpful to me as a hobby machinist! Please do more of these! Thank you! I love to watch the CNC videos too - that's not something I would normally get to see! Thanks again!

Now this is the type of content I like to view!

Really good explanatory video for us non-machinists, keep up your great work !

just had this problem today with a camlock not gripping - i only picked the lathe up today so im a day one novice thanks for the instructions its really helpfull

I"m oneof those who requested a video on this subject. A very easy operation if done correctly. You are the first whohas addressed this topic everyine else just assumes that you know how. Again many thanks.

Adam, Retired Air Force guy here, was a machine shop, major in high school, took the bypass test in basic training to be a machinist in the Air Force. I was re-classified as an egress guy even though I passed the bypass test with 98%. Egress was a critical career field at the time. I first saw your videos when you were spray welding, and I’ve been addicted ever since. Your videos are amazing ever last one of them you speak very clear and you think out loud, but like this right here, it’s perfectly logical! Keep up the good work and I’ll keep watching! Eddie

This lesson, is really informative and i am grateful you shared it. Bless your soul sir.

I wish my lathe had the D1-6 chuck mounting system. Always enjoy watching these segments. You never know when you might pick up some tip that you didn't know, despite having done this for years. Also, sometimes we get too comfortable and need a reminder. Thanks very much for sharing.

I'm not a machinist, but I always find it very interesting to watch Adam explain and do machining work. I have great respect for the precision required to make real quality 'parts' by machinists. Cheers and Blessings. 👍🙏.

Thank you Adam, that was greatly appreciated!

Yes Sir Adam, You just described me, A newbie to machining. I have a little lathe experience from wood shop (from High School 40 yrd ago) with that type of lathe. So thanks for the tips. And id be happy to watch anymore you have. Thank you for the tips.

Nice - I watched one of our engineers change out the chuck on a Jet Lathe to bore out the hole on a 316 cable end. Took a little while to get the studs adjusted. I had fun standing back, and wishing I knew just a little bit more so that I could have done the job myself. But I can't think of too many things more fun than watching someone do a precision job well.

Thank you for this explanation. Always wondered how those parts connected.

I will never be a machinist, but I learn from everyone of your videos…..mental discipline, attention to detail, and generous spirit. It makes me a better potter!!❤🙏

Great video. I learned the other way around. CNC first, then manual. These videos help me out since I never had anyone to show me the proper way to do things

Gooood evening from central Florida! Hope everyone has a great night!

Great information, I have a 10” standard modern lathe and it has the cam lock system with 3 studs. I bought a 4 jaw chuck for it and when I install it one of the cams gets tight and then becomes loose again. I didn’t know what was wrong with it until I saw your video. Thanks for the great information.

I personally think this is a fine video. If the content is elementary for anyone, they don't need to spend time watching. For everyone else it's super-helpful, and you just made me decide to be more careful about wiping down the mating surfaces on my lathe when going back and forth between the 3 and 4 jaw. Looks like I'm doing the rest of it properly.

Thank you Adam, I just purchased a new lathe and switched to the 4-jaw chuck that came with the lathe. Not knowing and did not find in the directions how to set-up properly. And when I tightened back up I run them in snug and adjusted to accept the set bolt slot accordingly. When I tightened the D-4 lugs they were at the beginning of each of the marked area. I had to have knee surgery right after so have not actually ran anything on it. I will now go back and reset based on your directions. This was very helpful for me. Thanks again for sharing.

Great video - now I understand why you go through the "trouble" of using the 4-jaw chuck for so much of your work.

This is lathe 101. Perfect explanation of the camlock system in all modern lathes. I figured this all out by myself when i first started with my new lathe in home workshop. This video would have been a godsend by then. Just to add to the mix, I also marked my camlock positions on the spindle side and chuck body, as i found out I got different run-outs with different positions when putting on the chuck on the spindle. that last 0,01mm itches my brain.

This is great information. I now have some work to do.

GREAT stuff here Adam...Seriously, as somebody that machined a bit nearly 40 years ago working my way through college, I never learned anything like this. Now as a retired old guy, I'm interested in having a small lathe...maybe a shop similar to what BlondiHacks has...I don't see me needing those big beasts, but it's all great info. Love to see a "teaching series" for sure.

Thanks for the info on the cam locks. Never scene it done before. Love your videos, loke you said alot of us are learning and enjoy your teaching.

Really glad to see this type of content again! Thanks Adam! I'm just learning to use a lathe and this really helps me be more proficient!

It was great information for an amateur like me . Thanks!

Hi Abom, firstly I would like to commend you on your videos, you supply a wealth of information to the general public & the trade as well. I am a machinist of over 40 years as well from Australia, one thing would be good to inform your viewers of is the dangers of compressed air. A few years back I suffered a near fatal heart condition & on arrival at the hospital & inspection from heart specialists, they could find nothing wrong with my heart. It turned out to be free air in my bloodstream from years & years of blowing parts clean just as yourself and many thousands if not millions of people do as well. I had no idea that compressed air can enter the body & the blood stream & create fatal conditions, I had an airlock so to speak that was trapped in my heart & it couldn't pump the blood until it was cleared. Every time I now see people doing the same thing makes me shiver. Many heart attacks are caused by this without people knowing any different. Love your videos by the way, your a good teacher as well & the world needs good people like yourself. Cheers

This is wonderful. You are helping more than you can possibly know. People all over the world, who have very little in the way of local mentors are going to benefit so much from this video. The comments about cleaning are so essential but so often not mentioned as being too obvious.

I love your videos and have learn a lot from them but I seem not to be able to get in to your new shop videos I really enjoy your home shop videos so hopefully your be doing more home shop videos

Your a great teacher Abom! Thanks.

Well, I was wondering what those studs were on the backs of replacement chucks that I see on Ebay... now I know. I don't have a lathe, yet, got one ordered, hoping it comes in at the end of October 2023, so I'm trying to learn everything I can. Extremely informative video, and very well made. Thanks!

It’s so funny you made this video because I am one of those guys that just decided to get into Machining and this is the exact situation I was struggling with except my lathe has a D4 thank you so much for the video it was very helpful

i enjoyed the video, and i dont even have a chuck like that.... Your our MENTOR, Adam....! Good one!

Not a machinist...even though I have a lathe and milling machine I use everyday in my business. Learning little details like this from this channel have added up and I appreciate what you do to help!

Such a simple video that answered all my questions about my camlock chuck problems.......

Thanks for the tutorial, Adam. It was content like this that got me hooked on your channel all those years ago.

There's just something ASMR like to many of your videos. I haven't touched a lathe in many years, but I always enjoy your videos. I'm pretty envious of all your machines in your shops. Keep up the great videos!

Thanks Adam for the video take care of yourself and family ❤️❤️👍.

thankyou Adam, I am exactly that guy you described learning in his garage. I knew my chuck wasn't pulling down quite right and was about to take it apart and try to figure it out myself. This is perfectly clear and helpful.

Even for us whose been doing it a while, its good to get back to the basics again. Plus learn ways to provide training for others, keeping in mind the most important things.

I’ve been watching for serval years now, I’ve never operated a lathe in my life but find it fascinating… maybe one day I’ll get on. Enjoyed the video

Thanks. I was just trying to understand my lathe chuck mounting. Great timing. I am learning the hard way by myself. Been a carpenter all my life, but love metal working. Keep up the great videos

Really simple set up. 20 minutes went by so fast I was waiting for the hard part. Ko dos to the manufacturer and thanks for sharing.

Nice presentation! That taper is the primary locating feature on the spindle. As you said, it's really important to keep it clean.

I love your videos like this. You are sharing a wealth of knowledge for everyone.

Thanks Adam. Great explanation.

So many questions answered, thank you for that Adam

Well done. I'm no machinist but you and your videos I find very interesting and learning about how metal parts are actually made. A big thanks for all you do and sharing.

Just putting on a new chuck onto a new to me Chipmaster: I now know why it wouldn't go on! Very many thanks, very useful film indeed. All best from the U.K.

I have a D3 scroll chuck on my PM Lathe and wish I'd seen this a couple of years ago - would have saved me learning the hard way. Great Video Adam.

the little tweaking tips in there are really good, thanks!

Great explanation! Thanks Abom!❤

More like this would be great! You are an excellent mentor.

Having soft jaws that can be bored to your needs is a great option for getting parts to run true on a non adjustable chuck

Great teaching content, thank you Adam.

Great Channel. Always a pleasure watching you do you thing!

This has been your most valuable video (for me) yet. Thanks, Adam

Thanks, Adam! I often wondered about that! I kind of figured it out on my own, but you confirmed what I thought was the correct way to do it.

Thanks for the beginning education video. Indeed a place to start but I wish you would have said that basic is “never” basic and acceptable should “never” be acceptable. My dad and grandpa told me that “acceptable” means you quit trying to improve and that should “never” be acceptable. I love how you explain and show different tooling and techniques. You are very good sir. They would show me how to do something. Take the measurements. Completely disassemble it. Hand me the tools. And say “now beat me”! They were teaching me to “teach” myself and be better than them.

Great job, sir, as always.

Good info, thanks for doing this.

Great video, videos like this is why I first started watching your channel years ago, I've had to teach myself everything in machine work and watching your channel and other KZfaqrs has helped me greatly. I rembered watching your first few videos back before you ever turned the camera onto your self

Adam, THANK YOU for the instruction! Very helpful!!! John, Michigan

thanks Adam

Thank for sharing.

Thanks for the tips.

The first thing you have to do with a new chuck is disassemble it and clean out all the grinding swarf...

I greatly enjoyed this video even though I don't have a lathe and am not likely to ever have one. But hearing how you think your way through these processes has really helped me in areas completely unrelated to machining, so thanks for putting it out there. All the best to you.

That's all we use are the D1-6's... Love the simplicity and locking. 💪

As always great explanation on your videos!

Brilliant explanation mate!

Great Mentor!

I found this video very enlightening. I am using a Myford S7 and am moving up to a machine with a camlock system now. It seems that with a camlock system one can run the spindle in reverse for threading away from a shoulder which risks dislodging the myford chuck. Thanks a million. Tony Aimer Johannesburg

Thanks Adam, much better mounting platform then my chinessium bench top rig. 3 threaded bolts.

Very useful! Thanks!!

thanks so much... had this problem too,

Adam! Thanks for the beginner tips for us home machinist! 😀

I really appreciate you tutorial for us newbies, great information

Thank you

Thanks for the instructions thanks for sharing

I do like you Adam including a meticulous cleaning, besides I always spray WD-40 or diesel on the camlocks and taper zone. Thank you a lot for your information and motivate the young people to approach at this fascinating and important trade.

Thanks Adam, gained knowledge on the Camlok design. Never knew the were adjustable.

i bought a rusty 3 jaw chuck at auction thinking that I could make a turntable for welding. Thanks to your video I now know how to clean up the chuck and have an idea how to mount it. Thanks.

Great info! I just learned something new.

Hi Adam. Nice setup & Install. But ... I think I noticed 2 pin punch marks on the chuck being Installed. I have a fairly new Hafcol Steelmaster Lathe, which is similar to the PM Lathe. Generally on a new lathe there is a Timing Mark on the Spindle O.D. near the cam lock, whick is lined up on a chuck. When the chuck is mounted & you are satisfied with the bare minimum runout, if there is No Mark on the chuck place a mark on the chuck lined up with the Spindle mark, so that the chuck can always be fitted in the same location Hence the timing marks. Whether 3 or 4 or 6 Jaw chucks or even a face plate, all should be the same.

Excellent Adam

Great tutorial.

Good basics.👍

I didn't know anything about this existing before this video. Great content!

I don't have my lathe yet, but it was Very helpful.

great video and analysis! thanks!

thank you very much for the lesson, it helped me out a lot!

I am one of your followers from Morocco. My profession is turning

Adam, you should check out moving away from the blue shop towels to the Wypall L40 wipers. They hold together so much better and are much less prone to shedding fiber. They cost about the same per sheet, but come in many more form factors. I'll use one as a reusable shop towel 4 or 5 times before needing to toss it.