Thru Chuck Needed

Should work... I have a Oneway Talon chuck and run dowels through the spindle and tighten the chuck on them.. I guess that they're too long (1 piece) to do between centers?

mac

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Not that they're too long but to shape the tip you need the end of the shaft open. Oneway looks like a nice chuck but I don't plan on using it enough to spend too much. I think the Woodturner's 3-Jaw Micro Chuck might be all I need except the jaws look like they would damage the shaft? Does anyone own the chuck?

It goes for $60 but doesn't say it's self centering, so I guess it's not?

Check out this shop-made collet chuck.

Jr

"Jack Stein" wrote: Not that they're too long but to shape the tip you need the end of the

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Consider holding the big end at the spindle, and supporting the small end in some kind of a steady rest. It could be home made, out of plywood, using roller blade wheels. Since it is a dedicated application, you may be able to get by with minimal or no adjustments.

Thanks Rob, that looks like it would be perfect for my needs. Now I'm thinking maybe I should spring for collet chuck like this: On the other hand now that I started looking around, maybe I should just buy a decent 4 jaw chuck in case I get back into making bowls and such... I'm still am not too interested in spending too much money... This "apprentice" chuck at CraftSupply (WoodTurners catalog) seems like a good bang for the buck one that would suit my needs?

Anyone have experience with this chuck or with Craft Supply, or any recommendations for a 4 jaw chuck?

> >Thanks Rob, that looks like it would be perfect for my needs. Now I'm >thinking maybe I should spring for collet chuck like this: >

No experience with their chucks, but I've been ordering from Craft Supply for years and they're very reliable and helpful..

Might as well get a chuck, you might decide to turn pine cue balls to mess folks minds up.. Maybe with a little side weight?

mac

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Hello Jack,

Since you want this chuck to perform a single task and you want to keep the cost to a minimum, I would suggest that you make a spring chuck. The cost will be a faceplate or a 1" x 8 tpi nut and a chunk of wood. I used to make these for special purpose uses quite often before I slowly accumulated a dozen or so chucks with different size jaws. I did an article on these chucks in the December 1996 issue of More Woodturning. If you want to go to my web site and find my e-mail address and send me an e-mail, I'll e-mail a PDF of the article to you. This can be used as a through chuck with the limit of the size being governed by the diameter of the hole through your headstock. Or you can make it up larger to hold a piece of wood which is then supported by a center steady so you can turn the end.

In the early days of woodturning these were quite common and just had a metal ring that slipped over the outside of the chuck jaws to compress them onto the workpiece. I used a hose clamp or a metal ring, if I had one of the right size.

Buy a sack full of 1" x 8 tpi nuts and make a number of these chucks to hold the tenons on various size pieces. It just takes a short time to make them and the cost is very low.I found them to work well to hold the stem for turning spinner tops or the dowel for a bottle stopper or basically any small round item up to 1" in diameter.

Fred Holder

Thanks Fred. I was thinking of doing something like this with some 1x8 nuts rather than buying a tap. I have a number of face plates that I can use as well. I was I'll be in touch for the PDF file.

Thanks again.

I noticed that Penn State has a "Dowel chuck" for less than $100, with several collets... Couldn't tell from the picture (old catalog) if the collets were pass-through, but if so, it might work well for ya..

mac

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Yes, a collet chuck is exactly what I need. Penn state has one for $90 and the Beall Collet Chuck for which I found a review here:

Looks perfect, but costs $160. Now I'm thinking of making my own collet chuck out of wood and a few 1x8 nuts. Turning the collet should be easy enough, and a hose clamp would work well to tighten things up. Fred, I sent you an email for your PDF file on making a spring collet, but haven't received it yet.

I was using 1/2" diameter round stock, and used a piece of thick wall PVC tubing with slits, and sliding a key ring over it to tighten it down..

mac

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That is a beautiful and expensive double angle collet set. I use them on my metal lathe and Mill. They are overkill.

I'd consider C5 collets if you can get a chuck.

Bison is a good name and rated for Steel - so it is true running. C5 has square and hex and round collets. There are many other sources and companies that sell these.

Martin

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Thanks Martin. Fred sent me the PDF file and I think for now, I'll make some wood collets for this project. Later, I'll buy a regular 3 or 4 jaw chuck.

Now all I need is some 1x8tpi nuts:-)