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Hi Guys,
After reading a post on another forum about "Wax Chucks", I decided to make one for myself. This kind of chuck solves a number of problems that my soft jaws can't.
I made mine from an off cut of aluminum bar 55 mm in diameter. It actually had an 8 mm hole in one end, not that it makes any difference. I faced it off and turned a step into it about 7 or 8 mm deep and 10 mm wide. Turned it round and faced off the other side. Before removing it from the three jaw chuck I marked the position of jaw ! with a center pop and then using an engraving tool put rings in the face every 1/10" inch. These are simply to act as a guide when placing work.
This is a view of the chuck face with the guide ring marks.
I used a center pop to mark the position of jaw 1 and used a red marker to make it stand out. You can see the mark left by the three jaw chuck just above.
This is the back of the wax chuck. I didn't quite face enough off to get rid of the saw mark.
In use shellac is used as a glue to secure the workpiece to the chuck face for turning.
After reading a post on another forum about "Wax Chucks", I decided to make one for myself. This kind of chuck solves a number of problems that my soft jaws can't.
I made mine from an off cut of aluminum bar 55 mm in diameter. It actually had an 8 mm hole in one end, not that it makes any difference. I faced it off and turned a step into it about 7 or 8 mm deep and 10 mm wide. Turned it round and faced off the other side. Before removing it from the three jaw chuck I marked the position of jaw ! with a center pop and then using an engraving tool put rings in the face every 1/10" inch. These are simply to act as a guide when placing work.
This is a view of the chuck face with the guide ring marks.
I used a center pop to mark the position of jaw 1 and used a red marker to make it stand out. You can see the mark left by the three jaw chuck just above.
This is the back of the wax chuck. I didn't quite face enough off to get rid of the saw mark.
In use shellac is used as a glue to secure the workpiece to the chuck face for turning.