Gramp's shop wrote:
Attention turners: I'm new to turning and have experienced two bowls
disengage from the cole jaws attached to my Nova chuck. Neither came
close to me (whew) but one almost put a ding in the ragtop that shares
my shop.

I've been looking for longer stops that are a bit wider at the outer
end, to no avail. Any suggestions?

Larry
You can get some longer screws from Lowes (Metric, I think) and some
rubber tubing. I had the same thing happen to me. Was finishing the
bottom. I think it partially came loose and caught between the cole
jaws and the tool rest and the jaw stops just threw it. It hit the
ceiling, then the far wall, came back and hit the top of the table saw
and landed at my feet.

I call that a poor man's stress test. That's when I switched to a
vacuum chuck for reversing bowls. NEVER had one come off the vacuum
chuck.

--
G.W. Ross

If the economy can only get better or
worse, why aren't economists right
half the time?