How To Make A Wooden Lathe Chuck

The standard jaws were used as templates to mark bolt holes.

How to make a wooden lathe chuck. Try spinning the chuck briefly to check on the different angles at each jaw. When you attach the chuck ensure it is firmly secure. Mount the woodwork you want to work on.

Now its time to mount your chuck to the lathe after mounting and removing the bowl from the lathe. The workpiece set on the chuck should be appropriately secured by tightening the jaws. We drew one about.

Once you are done setting up your lathe machine attach the chuck. Rotate the lathe by hand to see the elliptical motion. We removed it from the lathe and using a beam compass drew 4 concentric circles.

Screw the faceplateto the runners and the elliptical chuck is ready to run. For a 1 x 8 TPI headstock drill a 78 initial hole and tap with a 1 x 8 TPI wood tap. Once the faceplate is attached to the disks put it on your lathe and turn the disks perfectly round removing as little wood as possible to maximize the size of the chuck.

It should be a tight squeaky movement. Finish the bowl and remove it from the chuck. Mount your chuck to lathe.

Then turn the interior of the bowl. Carefully cutting out the main part on the bandsaw. Also you must bowl tenon to the chuck and sand interior of the bowl.