What about their capstans, or less common models? Did all of them have a tapered nose? Alam ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shep" <shep.28@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 8:54 PM Subject: [modeleng] Re: Trying to identify origin of a chuck I would be surprised if it was Hardinge - as most of their lathes have a tapered, instead of a screwed mandrel nose. Cheers! Hubert 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.