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[Arch]

Like the rest of you, I make fun of Harbor Freight products, all the
while shopping and buying them at their new store in town. Their 1-1/8
to 1-3/4 in. tailpipe expander costs under $10. The closing bolt seems
small, but could this device serve as a cheap, unpatented expanding
spigot chuck? Arch

Fortiter,

[Ken Moon]

Arch,
I know the device you're talking about. It would be able to hold a piece if
expanded into a hole like used for a pin chuck. However, I don't know how
stable it would be in motion, or if it would continue to hold under cutting
and rotational pressures. For sure, it would probably not be a repeatable
process, all cutting would have to be done in one session. I don't think you
would be able to dismount it and then remount it with the accuracy of a
scroll chuck. I tried one of those small expanding chucks that are designed
for turning the small (1 3/8") clock movement housings. They work on the
same principle as the tailpipe expander. As long as you did't have any
problems , and took llight cuts, they were OK, but with very much pressure,
they would come off center, and were a nigtmare to try to reset to proper
alignment. Why don't you try the one you bought, mount it up, stand out of
the way, turn it on and let us know how well it works.
By the way, most of us have some Harbor freight tools. For people on a
limited budget, they can make the tool buck go a lot further, especially in
their pliers, wrenches, etc. The electrical devices may be somewhat
questionable, but they stand behind them pretty well.

Ken Moon
Webberville,TX
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"Arch" <almcc@webtv.net> wrote in message
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[Grandpa]

Hell, I though at first this had to do with a "alcohol related" spigot,
especially with the word "Scot's" preceeding it, then I see you guys are
serious - ROTF.

Ken Moon wrote: