Products > Lathe Chucks > Adapters

LittleMachineShop.com has a full range of lathe chuck adapters for mounting a lathe chuck on a lathe.

A short note on our terminology

• Adapter: Products listed as Adapters are flat adapters that bolt-on to lathes and no machining is required. See the product compatibility tab for machines that will support any given adapter.
• Backplate Lathe Chuck Adapter: Products whose name begins with Backplate Lathe Chuck Adapter are flat adapters that are machined on the lathe side. The chuck side needs machining. Backplates are unthreaded.
• Chuck Adapter: These products are threaded adapters. The chuck side needs machining. See link below for a reference page correlating lathe spindle threads to lathe chuck adapters.

When buying a Threaded Chuck Adapter

To help you get the right threaded backplate lathe chuck adapter, we have a chart that correlates lathe spindle threads to lathe chuck adapters and a chart that provides dimensions of threaded lathe chuck adapters .

The first rule of buying a threaded adapter is to measure the threads on your spindle. There are simply too may variants of every kind of lathe to trust any chart.

	1888 Adapter, 3" Lathe Chuck, Rotary Table     $34.95
	3146 Adapter, 3" Lathe Chuck, Rotary Table     $29.95
	1692 Adapter, 4" Lathe Chuck     $49.95
	2426 Adapter, 4" Lathe Chuck     $29.95
	2347 Adapter, 5" Lathe Chuck     $29.95   Not in stock
	2358 Adapter, 5" Lathe Chuck     $29.95
	2961 Adapter, 5" Lathe Chuck     $29.95   Not in stock
	3151 Adapter, 5" Lathe Chuck for Prazi     $29.95
	2330 Adapter, 5" Lathe Chuck, Rotary Table     $39.69
	4912 Adapter, 6" Lathe Chuck     $29.95
	4913 Adapter, 6" Lathe Chuck CLOSEOUT     $29.95
	4768 Backplate Lathe Chuck Adapter, 3" to 3"     $29.95
	4769 Backplate Lathe Chuck Adapter, 4" to 3"     $29.95
	4770 Backplate Lathe Chuck Adapter, 5" to 3"     $29.95
	4771 Backplate Lathe Chuck Adapter, 5" to 4"     $29.95   Not in stock
	4772 Backplate Lathe Chuck Adapter, 6" to 4"     $39.95