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Chuck disassembly

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DC:
I'm thinking it's pressed together from the ends and because the one end is cone shaped I can't grab it with anything so I can pound it apart. I might have to weld something on the cone so I can grab it. Maybe I'll look for another one first
Anyway, that kept me entertained for the day ;D ;D

Marc St Louis:
It's amazing what king of info you can get on YouTube...do a search

DC:
I did. Lots of stuff on how to change a chuck but I only saw one on how to disassemble one and it was a different make. Sometimes it's hard to hit the right search terms though. There seems to be an art to that.

sleek:
You dont need to modify the chuck to accomplish your goal. Take a one to two inch piece of metal or plastic tube with an inside diameter same as your shaft material. Slice the tube long ways, sand the cut to make a small gap between the formerly mated surfaces. Slide the arrow into the tube and chuck on the tube. The tube will close up some ( hence the sanding of the gap ) and hold even pressure all around on the arrow, no marks.

DC:
I've been doing that but since I use bamboo it's all different sizes and I needed 2 or 3 collets(?). I kept loosing them. They would also crush after a bit probably because of the thin brass tubing I was using. The best method I have found so far, although it's a bit time consuming is to chuck the shaft in the lathe and drill an 1/8" hole in each end. Then cut a couple of 2" pieces of 1/8" wire and CA them in. I cut the wires so that they weight 50 gr each so I can still keep track of the weight. They stay with the arrow until they are all sized and spined then just heat them up and they slide out. I re-use the wires. I just thought if I could modify the chuck it would fit multiple sizes and it's big enough that I wouldn't loose it(too often) I'll keep my eyes open for one that comes apart.

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