How To Make A Wooden Lathe Chuck

Rotate the bowl by hand and using the tool rest as a reference center the bowl between its two widest points as shown.

How to make a wooden lathe chuck. Glue two pieces of hardwood together to make a blank that will hold the doughnut chuck on a face plate or nova chuck. Secure the setup with the tail center and turn the tenon and outside of the bowl concentric. Secure the jaws tightly when turning.

Once you are done setting up your lathe machine attach the chuck. Mount the woodwork you want to work on. Then turn the interior of the bowl.

Now its time to mount your chuck to the lathe after mounting and removing the bowl from the lathe. Drill a hole deeper than the length of your headstock threads but do not let it contact the four-jaw chuck. I work in an officeI cant teach you something new everydaybusy however if you trust in me you can be the best wood.

When you attach the chuck ensure it is firmly secure. Mark the center of the hardwood. It should be a tight squeaky movement.

Wood lathe chucks all have 4 replaceable jaws differing from 3 jaw chucks that are common in metal work. Cut the corners off using a. Carefully cutting out the main part on the bandsaw.

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. We drew one about. For a 1 x 8 TPI headstock drill a 78 initial hole and tap with a 1 x 8 TPI wood tap.