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(geoff tulip) wrote:

the shaft i will
have to get engineered with the appropriate shoulders etc but will
thread it to suit the sturdiest chuck i can find - i will match
faceplated etc with this.

Rather than threading it at all, consider one of the metalworking
cam-lock systems, since you're scratch-building. Nice beefy chucks
available (you will need to make your own woodturning-specific jaw-tops)
and no pesky unscrewing when you reverse the lathe.

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