Stu in Tokyo
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Recently Jean-Francois Escoulen from France, and Eli Avisera from Israel, came to Japan for a two day demo. Of course the demos were great, both of these guys are true masters and they are so very friendly eager to teach.
One of the more interesting things we saw was the new eccentric chuck that Jean-Francois has on the market. I do not know of any retail outlet selling this yet, but I'm sure it is in the pipeline.
The one I got, was the one that Jean-Francois brought to Japan and used in the demo, he did not want to lug it back to France, as his bags were already bursting with stuff to take home, and he was worried about the charges he would have to pay for baggage over weight charges, so we struck a deal on this chuck. My lathe, a US speck Nova DVR 3000 has a 1 1/4" spindle, the chuck Jean-Francois brought was a 33 1/2 spindle. I got a spindle adapter from Craft Supplies in the US.
It comes in a nice solid box, nice to keep all the bits in one place, and it should arrive in one piece after shipping.
The only thing missing from the pic is the hex wrench that comes with, he forgot to give it to me, but I'm not concerned, a I have a few of them laying around.
A 40mm cup chuck is included with the chuck, other sizes of cup chucks will be available. Here the chuck is in the zero offset mode.
Here the chuck is moved out to an eccentric or offset axis turning point
The really cool thing about this chuck, is that it has counter balance weights on the backside of the chuck, you can move them to compensate for the off axis turning, to smooth things out. Here they are in the zero position.
Here the weights are move to the max extreme offset.
Using the sizing guide that is included, you make a 40mm tenon the wood, and insert it into the cup chuck (takes a bit of practice ) pps:
Once inserted into the cup chuck you can do some off axis turning, and then you can also rotate the work piece................
........ like that, which opens a LOT of possibilities !
Jean-Francois also included the faceplate with the chuck, this is an optional bit of kit and does NOT come with the set.
Some test or practice cuts I did.
Here is the faceplate mounted up.
I put a short (10:28 minute) video up at YouTube showing how it works, sort of.
YouTube Video <- LINK
IIRC the price Jean-Francois said was 380 Euros........ yeah, not cheap, but the quality is top drawer, and the possibilities it opens, when it comes to this kind of turning is, well, priceless
One of the more interesting things we saw was the new eccentric chuck that Jean-Francois has on the market. I do not know of any retail outlet selling this yet, but I'm sure it is in the pipeline.
The one I got, was the one that Jean-Francois brought to Japan and used in the demo, he did not want to lug it back to France, as his bags were already bursting with stuff to take home, and he was worried about the charges he would have to pay for baggage over weight charges, so we struck a deal on this chuck. My lathe, a US speck Nova DVR 3000 has a 1 1/4" spindle, the chuck Jean-Francois brought was a 33 1/2 spindle. I got a spindle adapter from Craft Supplies in the US.
It comes in a nice solid box, nice to keep all the bits in one place, and it should arrive in one piece after shipping.
The only thing missing from the pic is the hex wrench that comes with, he forgot to give it to me, but I'm not concerned, a I have a few of them laying around.
A 40mm cup chuck is included with the chuck, other sizes of cup chucks will be available. Here the chuck is in the zero offset mode.
Here the chuck is moved out to an eccentric or offset axis turning point
The really cool thing about this chuck, is that it has counter balance weights on the backside of the chuck, you can move them to compensate for the off axis turning, to smooth things out. Here they are in the zero position.
Here the weights are move to the max extreme offset.
Using the sizing guide that is included, you make a 40mm tenon the wood, and insert it into the cup chuck (takes a bit of practice ) pps:
Once inserted into the cup chuck you can do some off axis turning, and then you can also rotate the work piece................
........ like that, which opens a LOT of possibilities !
Jean-Francois also included the faceplate with the chuck, this is an optional bit of kit and does NOT come with the set.
Some test or practice cuts I did.
Here is the faceplate mounted up.
I put a short (10:28 minute) video up at YouTube showing how it works, sort of.
YouTube Video <- LINK
IIRC the price Jean-Francois said was 380 Euros........ yeah, not cheap, but the quality is top drawer, and the possibilities it opens, when it comes to this kind of turning is, well, priceless