I was in the shop last night turning on Big Bird and could only find chucks that fit the spindle threads on the smaller Ernie and Bert lathes. I assume that there is a chuck for Big Bird somewhere that I was simply unable to find, but I wanted to mention it here in case it’s actually missing.
I want to bore through some longish pieces (about 12"); I was able to use one of the smaller lathes to practice boring through a smaller piece but I assume for the actual longer pieces I’d need to use the larger lathe in order to fit both the piece and the drill bit.
The good news is that I found an adapter in the drawer that takes the larger thread on Big Bird and adapts it to the smaller Bert/Ernie thread. The bad news is that the adapter is stuck. I think a large enough wrench should help liberate it, but I couldn’t find anything of an appropriate size nearby.
I tried creating a red tag topic regarding this just now but it seems I can’t. It says a membership is required; I do have one so I presume I just don’t have the appropriate role set on my account here.
We’d actually prefer that you fill out a problem report. You can do so by scanning any of the red QR codes in the space or by going to asmbly.org/problem
Thanks, Sid! The red QR codes were mentioned multiple times in the orientation and safety classes, I’m not sure how I managed to forget! I’ve reported the problem via that form now.