How To Make Lathe Chuck
With the new tray on top of the headstock I needed.
How to make lathe chuck. Make sure the edgeis 90 tothe face and mark clear centerlines. One for the 3 jaw and one for the 4 jaw. Now with the bar in the jig tighten the chuck and it should not move.
After mounting the body for the mini chuck in the four jaw chuck for my lathe it is screwed onto the rotary table. Making the four jaw chuck. Backplate has been doing its job of holding the chuck on the lathe for 3 or 4 years without complaint.
If you used a blank to test now make a matching set of four jaws. Screw the studs into the threaded holes and mount the chuck on the lathe. Mill out a bevel and tip on the leading edge of the jaws.
How to make New Lathe chuck keys. Mount and turn the cam blank on a softwood faceplate using a newspaper glue joint that you can split when done. It is basicly a split Collet.
A piece of threaded rod will go into each of the four slots. Mount your chuck to lathe. Then I will show you how to make this for a fraction of the price.
It is used to hold a. Now its time to mount your chuck to the lathe after mounting and removing the bowl from the lathe. Then turn the interior of the bowl.