How To Make Lathe Chuck

To index the mini chuck so that the slots for the jaws will be at 90 deg I put a brass plug in the chuck blank then screwed in some long 10-32 cap.

How to make lathe chuck. Carefully cutting out the main part on the bandsaw. A primer on making good newspaper glue joints can be found in one of David Springetts prior AW. Make sure the edgeis 90 tothe face and mark clear centerlines.

Use light cuts at end about 0010. One for the 3 jaw and one for the 4 jaw. Then bring up the tail stock to mark the true center.

The faceplate will be permanent so you need to get one specifically for the Longworth chuck. Backplate has been doing its job of holding the chuck on the lathe for 3 or 4 years without complaint. Now its time to mount your chuck to the lathe after mounting and removing the bowl from the lathe.

It is basicly a split Collet. Just as with the four-jaw chuck screw attachment to attach wood to a lathe using the dedicated screw chuck be sure to seat the blank all the way down to the base for a secure attachment. How to make a 4 jaw lathe chuck using plywoodmichaelpaleyAd cogitandum et agendum homo natus estA chuck is a specialized type of clamp.

Now with the bar in the jig tighten the chuck and it should not move. Then I will show you how to make this for a fraction of the price. As soon as you have the hole done and back of the plate machined to dimensions you mount the backplate on the spindle face it flat and cut the chuck register.

Mill out a bevel and tip on the leading edge of the jaws. Of course if you have a CNC metal lathe the whole. Its pretty straight forward even to do it from plate just takes a while.