Buck Chuck Cleanup!

About a month ago I was cruising eBay looking for the elusive deal for any of a number of lathe parts I was looking for when I ran across a listing for a Logan 11" lathe head-stock. I looked at it several times over several days and went back and forth on wither or not to buy it. Now, I can see you asking, what the heck would I want with an old Logan head-stock. I don't have a Logan anymore, and I don't need any parts, however, this listing was for an almost complete head-stock with a "Stuck" 6" 3-jaw adjust-true Buck chuck. I didn't want to buy it and be left with a head-stock that I would never use, but after doing a little research, it still had a nice bull gear and back gear assembly in it. After doing the math and figuring that I could sell the extra parts off it and pay for the entire purchase plus make a few bucks, I committed to the purchase.

When it finally arrived, I did have to work a little to get that chuck off there, but with a little Kroil, it came right off! In the next couple weeks I was able to find a buyer for most of the other parts and I had my original purchase paid for and a few extra buck to boot along with a really nice Buck chuck!

It's been sitting for a few months while I am getting the heavy 10 restored, but the other day I decided to break into it and start cleaning it up. I didn't get a ton of photos of it but I got a few of the before photos. This thing was literally caked in dried on grease/metal chips. I had to scrape the crap out of the jaws with a brass scrape to get them clean and even that was tough! There are a few light dings on the outside of the chuck and I didn't take it down to bare metal, but rather cleaned it up and made sure everything was free, greased or oiled and fully functional! I also noticed that it has the original Buck back plate on it too!

I have to get a few chuck wrenches made up for it, but it looks like it will function perfectly after I get it installed. I will be taking the back plate off and taking a skim cut to make sure it is running true with my lathe spindle too! After geting it all back together I might have to attack the outside with some 600 grit and make it shine like the rest of the lathe!

One chuck down, 2 more to shine, and one more to clean that looks like the Buck did!