I'm wanting to make something, and want to search on newbie mistakes to avoid, but i don't recall what the thing is called.
It is a common chuck/jig for holding a bowl for finishing the bottom.
Roughly, it is two circles of plywood, the first on a faceplate or such, and the second a donut that holds the bowl while exposing the bottom for clean-up.
Brother, can you spare a name?
To borrow a phrasing from another group, I can be more vague if it helps.
It's called a donut chuck.
I believe what you are looking for is called a Straka Chuck.
Thanks you both. That and donut chuck turn up a lot.
For some reason, I thought it was named for a person whose name I would recognize. But the discussion I recall reading was when I first got the lathe, and I was mis-absorbing all sorts of information.
A longworth chuck.
You, and another poster, are confusing it with a Longworth chuck. That one is a bit different, but serves the same purpose. See:
That very well may be. I probably first encountered both in the same week or two.
Thanks again to all.
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