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Guess What. -- So What!

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The recent discussions about the Nova G3 Adapter had me thinking.

The set screw on my Shopsmith drill chuck is NOT set at an angle.

Now I hasten to say that this has NEVER been a problem and I don't expect that it ever will be. It is just curious.

I checked some of my saw arbors (not all) and they seem to be. JUST CURIOUS. What is the criteria? Rhetorical question! I don't expect there is an answer other that "It just is as it is". BUT IT IS CURIOUS.
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dusty wrote:The recent discussions about the Nova G3 Adapter had me thinking.

The set screw on my Shopsmith drill chuck is NOT set at an angle.
... It is just curious.
....
Indeed. And I wonder: is there any other non-slope-tapped adapter for which operational stresses are measured against the headstock? Tho, of course, at idle those forces are, well, idle.

[Hm, the more I think about this the more I wish I hadn't.]
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Could be the greater mass of the larger turning chucks(and imbalance of work piece) creates the need for the ';sloping' set screw.
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[quote="JPG40504"]Could be the greater mass of the larger turning chucks(and imbalance of work piece) creates the need for the ']But the sloping set screw exists in the saw arbors as well.

It is the inconsistency that I find curious not the idea of the set screw being at an angle to mate square with the tapered shaft.
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