Lathe Chuck Storage

[coolidge]

In a Brute tote from Lowes, these things are heavy duty you can fill them and stack them. You can set a chuck on the lid if that gives you an idea how stout they are. Impervious to oil so you can wipe down your chucks and larger objects like rotary tables, follow/steady rests, etc. for storage and the lid keeps the moisture absorbing dust off them.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_136852-1097-1836781___?productId=4462431&pl=1&Ntt=brute+tote

 

[projectnut]

My lathe uses screw on chucks, so it's easy to just set them on their backs on a shelf below the lathe. I have half a dozen chucks ranging size from 3" to 8" and a collet chuck. When I change them out the one that just came off the spindle gets cleaned and put in a plastic bag on the shelf. That way I know they'll be clean and ready for use the next time around.

 

[rwm]

Have you guys seen this? Looks like it would be perfect for a "lathey Susan"


On eBay.
R

Edit: I just ordered one of these in 14" for $30. This will fit in my lathe cabinet and free up an entire drawer. Not sure what to make the surface? Plywood? Aluminum? Corian? Polyethylene?
R

 

[planeflyer21]

In a Brute tote from Lowes, these things are heavy duty you can fill them and stack them. You can set a chuck on the lid if that gives you an idea how stout they are. Impervious to oil so you can wipe down your chucks and larger objects like rotary tables, follow/steady rests, etc. for storage and the lid keeps the moisture absorbing dust off them.

http://www.lowes.com/pd_136852-1097-1836781___?productId=4462431&pl=1&Ntt=brute+tote

Nope, no way, un-unh. My wife would see that as "storage bin competition" and REALLY start getting those things!

 

[rock_breaker]

OK. I'll talk with my lawyer and arrange to get you permission to make use of my patent ;~)
Thanks John!
Ray Patterson

 

[gr8legs]

The gear head of our Clausing 1500 has a lovely flat top that works nicely for storing lathe chucks.

It's a bit higher than optimum for hefting them on and off. I added a bit of nubby rubber matting to the surface to keep the chucks from dancing around when the machine is running.



Stu

 

[eeler1]

The guys posting pictures have way too much open space in their shops. Myself, I'd be uncomfortable with that much uncluttered visual, and would feel compelled to put more stuff in. End up with little trails to get to things.

Here's the tailstock end of my 11" Logan, I rarely use the two lowest chucks.

 

[hman]

The guys posting pictures have way too much open space in their shops

Aw, c'mon! Bein's how I promised my wife she's always be able to park her car in her (2 car only) garage here in Tempe, all my tools are on wheels. And to get anything done, I pretty well have to pull her car out! Over on the right, it's three layers deep - cart full of adhesives/lubricants/solvents, then a table saw, then the big bandsaw and the drill press.

 

[4GSR]

Here's my chuck storage. They are too heavy to make a box for them. I just roll them around to the lathe and use my shop made jib crane to load them on my lathes.



Oh, and my storage rack for my c-clamps, too.

 

[kcoffield]

How about Peg Board for big boys?





The pegs are 1" diameter by .090" wall tube. I have an inexhaustible supply of that stuff. They are pressed into two layers of laminated particle board screwed and glued together, and secured to the wall with 10 lag bolts into four studs. The thought of it coming off the wall would be terrifying but I don't think that's happening unless the whole shop falls down on top of it....LoL. The white bushings are just PVC pipe couplings to protect and bush up to the thread diameter but the chuck jaws actually land on pegs not the bushings. There's a ledge behind the top edge so I may eventually make a dust cover that hooks over that. Not for big chucks! Biggest 4-jaw is 8" and biggest face plate is 12" so easy to sling around.

Best,
Kelly