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Which jaw type?
First posted on rec.woodworking - thanks, George - should have guessed that
there was a dedicated bunch of computerised turners. Anyway: I've had an axminster clubman chuck for a year or so and have only used it with the type C jaws. er, this is my first expanding chuck in case you can't guess from the rest of the post. These have a dovetail on the outside and a lipped internal grip on the inside. http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-A...Jaws-21941.htm After one or two disasters with the expanding dovetail on bowls where i had left insufficient wood around the outside of the recess to withstand the forces - and that the internal recess can be left on the bottom of a bowl but its not a great feature {George posted a link to one of his which is giving me second thoughts on this though}- i have tended to use the internal lipped recess for most stuff and then take off the stub after finishing. originally i would turn a stepped spigot to fit the lip - but i had one or two of those fly across the room with the "stepping" bit splitting. So i took to just doing a straight spigot. But it tends to slip occasionally. Two questions then - what does everyone else use - the inside stepped or the outside dovetail. If you use the inside stepped do you turn a stepped spigot or a straight one. And would a different internal shape be better for bowls such as the serrated one on the type H Medium gripper or the dovetailed ones on the Type A ? (eg the kids don't know what to get me for xmas...) Oh if it makes any difference - not just bowls of course - I'm still working on perfecting the ideal eggcup; have had an enjoyable bash or two at goblets and everybody seems to be getting boxes this xmas. Thanks Ken |
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