"Denis Marier" skrev i melding
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The question "Glue Block vrs. Chuck".
Its interesting to know that in 1842 Turners' Cement was used.
I was reading a 2001 re-print of the Handbook of Turning first published
in
1842. The word chuck is used and its drawing depicts a face plate. To
hold
the work piece to the face plate they used Turners' Cement. The 1842
recipe
for this Turners' Cement is roughly shown as follows: Burgundy pitch,
rosin,
colophonium, yellow wax and whiting. Melt all except the later in an
earthen pot, over a slow fire. Still in 2004 turners are using hot melt
glue to hold the work piece on a wooden block fastened to a metal face
plate
or simply a threaded wooden block.


I believe that if the turners of 1842 had access to a chuck like
the Stronghold or the Axminster, the gluepots would have been
less frequent:-)

Bjarte