Weasel Howlett":3os5dwu0 said:
I want some of the smaler ones to fit axminster's Super Precision Chuck but they have been out of stock on Axi's website for months.
I was going to make my own from ally but but the presision cutting required is beond the shoddy metal bandsaw i have access to.
Anybody got a cunning plan? So cunning that you could stick a tail on it and call it a fox?
(Before I comment on the jaws, you might like to know that Ax have started to make their SPC themselves again and after satisfying several European orders, they will be back on the shelves, made in the uK, sold in the UK!)
Why Ally?
On the issue of the jaws, I have a SPC, and I made a set of Jaws using ply. Bolted the Ax chuck plates to the back of each of the quadrants - 910403/5 - I then drilled the quadrants at intervals so that it could accommodate all diameter bowls. Made the buttons using a piece of ally tubing from B and Q. Cut the tube to be the depth of the ply, plus 12mm. Glued a small 12mm deep section of oak onto the tube and turned the button between centre. Secured the button with a 6mm pan head 30mm bolt through a washer, through the tube, out the other side and then another washer and nut.
Took me about an hour to make and has served me well so far. Finished off the bottom of an 8 dia by 4 ash bowl today and if it weren't b****y freezing in my workshop I'd go and photograph it.