How To Make A Wood Lathe Chuck

Wood lathe chucks all have 4 replaceable jaws differing from 3 jaw chucks that are common in metal work.

How to make a wood lathe chuck. 1 First round the cylinder then add a tenon to the tailstock end. The standard jaws were used as templates to mark bolt holes. When you attach the chuck ensure it is firmly secure.

There are a number of different jaw sizes and styles which bolt to the chuck. Also you must bowl tenon to the chuck and sand interior of the bowl. It should be a tight squeaky movement.

The jaws are made from an 8 by 8 by 12 piece of Baltic birch plywood the good stuff. A successful turning without mounting wood in a multi-jawed chuck Now switch to the headstock end and part your turning off of the lathe. I used my BigPrint program to print a 11 template of the main part of the chuck and cut it out of Baltic birch plywood.

Im not an engineer or a woodworker. 2 Flip the chuck over and mount the tenon in the four-jaw chuck and attach the Jacobs chuck to the tailstock. Mount the woodwork you want to.

I work in an officeI cant teach you something new everydaybusy however if you trust in me you can be the best wood. 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. Hollowing the center requires a Jacobs chuck drill bit and wood thread tap.

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. Make the faceplate from ¼- 6mm- thick hardwood plywood carefully rounding its corners.