In article 5sZvf.21296$uy3.18300@trnddc08,
Lobby Dosser wrote:

These are the items I saw with Woodcraft online:
http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?familyid=784

I didn't see this.

I've not seen them at the local place either - but likewise, hadn't
looked before.

Oh, I see what you found:
http://www.woodcraft.com/family.aspx?FamilyID=7349 Would a hand-held
tool work better than a tailstock mounted chuck?

That's the item. I've never tried drills that small in a tailstock chuck,
so I don't really know. I'd guess that there would be more lateral
displacement with a drill chuck and wire drill adapter in the tailstock
than there would be with the drill in a dremel or a pin vise. I've
drilled using the dremel (freehand and mounted on a stand), but prefer
using a pin vise.

Let us know which way you go and how it works.

Well Tigard WC carries both on the pegs. The one you noted from the
online catalog looks much better online than in person - especially
given the 2x price over the mini-drill chuck. Both, by the way, are made
by the same company. I figured I could make up a turned handle/knob for
the mini-chuck and end up with the same type of tool if it doesn't work
mounted in my full-size 3-jaw drill chuck.

Will give it a go, prolly Monday...

--
Owen Lowe

Northwest Woodturners
Pacific Northwest Woodturning Guild
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Tips fer Turnin': Place a sign, easily seen as you switch on your lathe, warning you to remove any and all rings from your fingers. Called degloving, extended hardware can grab your ring and rip it off your finger. A pic for the strong of stomach: www.itim.nsw.gov.au/go/objectid/2A3AC703-1321-1C29-70B067DC88E16BFC/index.cfm

Besides, rings can easily mar the surface of a turning as you check for finished smoothness.