I would be surprised if it was Hardinge - as most of their lathes have a tapered, instead of a screwed mandrel nose. Cheers! Hubert ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Pagett" <john_pagett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 6:58 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: Trying to identify origin of a chuck > Chris, > > I had a nose on Google and 30A seems to come up with Hardinge. > Unfortunately > I've no idea what method of attaching they used. > > Cheers, > > JohnP > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Chris Crosskey" <chris.crosskey@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 11:23 AM > Subject: [modeleng] Trying to identify origin of a chuck > > > Hi folks, > I've got a Burnerd 30A chuck.... Unfortunately my local P-B agents don't > know what a 30A is .... And they're pretty good, obscure P-B and > Crawford stuff is usually a doddle for them, they've helped me out with > advice and bits for obsolete stuff before.... I can't find the normal > P-B part numbers on it anywhere, the only thing I've managed to find so > far are the matching numbers for the jaw and scroll (this doesn't mean > it's one of the more accurate ones does it, I thought P-B selected all > jaws and scrolls?) > > It's a 5" standard scroll 3-jaw and when I got it, it was on a Boxford > backplate, or at least a 1.5" register/1.5x8tpi thread backplate, which > to me means Boxford.... Did Boxford do a lathe (or something with their > nose) called a 30A? > > Any help gratefully received cos I'd like to get a set of outside jaws > for it without having to lug it along to a show and go through one of > the scrap-merchants box of jaws..... > > chrisc > > ________________________________________________________________________ > This e-mail, and any attachment, is confidential. If you have received it > in > error, do not use or disclose the information in any way, notify me > immediately, and please delete it from your system. > ________________________________________________________________________ > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.8/1363 - Release Date: > 07/04/2008 > 08:56 > > > > MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, > modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject > line. MODEL ENGINEERING DISCUSSION LIST. To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list, send a blank email to, modeleng-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word "unsubscribe" in the subject line.