New Chuck

[DaveL]

Having bought a new lathe I have been on the look out for a suitable chuck for it, well one turned up last week on ebay, here it is, now in my shop.

Look like its never been used, no wood dust or shavings, still in the Axminster box. Current Axminster price £113 but only £63 including postage from ebay. 8)

 

[Bodrighy]

Nice one Dave, makes up for the £12 tap doesn't it? :lol: No holding you now

Pete

 

[PowerTool]

Nice little baragain you got there,Dave
Is it the K10 or the K8 ?

Andrew

 

[DaveL]

Is it the K10 or the K8 ?

It is the K8, should be man enough for most of what I want to try.

 

[cornucopia]

hi dave i've been helping a customer of mine set up his first workshop- he's got one of these chucks- i have been very impresssed with it.

 

[SVB]

Nice one Dave - looking forward to the pics of the jobs as they come off the end of the production line now!

 

[wizer]

Not Jealous at all.... [-(

 

[DaveL]

Thanks for the comments, they confirm I have bought a good usable bit of kit.

 

[CHJ]

Corr you'll be bowling along nicely now Dave, Here's a project for you,save you no end of time in the long run.

 

[Bodrighy]

Corr you'll be bowling along nicely now Dave, Here's a project for you,save you no end of time in the long run.

Whilst this works great for a lot of things my experience (using dodgy wood as I do) is that occasionally this can vary as the optimal width for a tenon just ain't strong enough and I have to make it wider and be careful cutting or the tenon just pops off. DAMHIK

Pete

 

[cornucopia]

Corr you'll be bowling along nicely now Dave, Here's a project for you,save you no end of time in the long run.

Whilst this works great for a lot of things my experience (using dodgy wood as I do) is that occasionally this can vary as the optimal width for a tenon just ain't strong enough and I have to make it wider and be careful cutting or the tenon just pops off. DAMHIK

Pete

i'm not sure i follow you on this pete- all jaws have a optimal circumfrence when they are at there strongest (normally when their at most concentric) how can you adjust that?
if your trying to hold a huge piece on a tiny tenon theres no point in making the tenon larger as your jaws will have a weaker grip- ideally you need a bigger set of jaws.

as for chas's gauge idea- i find a steel rule suits me fine,but i dont use chucks allot most of my work is on faceplates.

 

[Bodrighy]

The optimal grip is often close to a closed position, at leasty on my Nova. This gives me a tenon in the region of 50mm. I agree that the actual grip at this dia. is best but sometimes with wood that is softer or sometimes with splits this isn't strong enough and I have found it best to have a wider tenon and cut more gently knowing the grip isn't so strong. A faceplate doesn't always work for me in these circumstances.



This piece for example didn't have a complete tenon and I couldn't put a face plate on it either so I had to have a wider tenon to make sure it gripped. I have tried glue blocks but for some reason don't get on with them.

Pete