On Mon, 1 Sep 2014 06:57:11 +0000 (UTC), lid (Drew
Lawson) wrote:

I'm wanting to make something, and want to search on newbie mistakes
to avoid, but i don't recall what the thing is called.

It is a common chuck/jig for holding a bowl for finishing the bottom.

Roughly, it is two circles of plywood, the first on a faceplate or
such, and the second a donut that holds the bowl while exposing the
bottom for clean-up.

Brother, can you spare a name?


To borrow a phrasing from another group, I can be more vague if it
helps.

I believe what you are looking for is called a Straka Chuck.