On Sun, 05 Aug 2007 07:59:50 -0700, Fred Holder wrote:


I have both of the Escoulen Chuck, the Robert Sorby Eccentric Chuck,
and the Axminister Eccentric Chuck. They all allow you to do things
that are difficult to do with normal chucking systems. I personally
don't have enough imagination to fully use any of them. That said, you
can do stuff similar to the Escoulen Chuck with a standard chuck with
teeth in it like the Oneway chucks, but without the precision
adjustment of the Escoulen Chuck. You can also get the offset effect
of the Sorby and Axminister chucks with two pieces of wood mounted on
a faceplate and a lot of screws. Michael Werner just demonstrated this
at the Utah Woodturning Symposium in June. You can also get the
effects of the regular Escoulen Chuck by using a Ball Chuck like I use
for the Chinese Balls and holding a wooden ball in it with the
workpiece attached to the ball. Finally, you can do some awsome pieces
of eccentric turning between centers.

What I'm really saying is that it is not necessary to purchase one of
the eccentric chucks on the market to do eccentric turning. They do
make the task a bit easier and less fiddley. The $350 Escoulen Chuck
is a awsome piece of work and allows you to do many things, giving two
methods of eccentricity in in single chuck.

Fred Holder
http://www.fholder.com

Thanks, Fred... very concise and helpful.. maybe you should do this for a living


My fear is that I'd blow the $300 to $400 and the chuck would end up being an
expensive shop decoration..

I think I need to play with my Oneway Talon a bit and maybe a jig or 2 and see
if I even LIKE eccentric turning...


mac

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