I think you can buy them depending on the chuck. That said, they are trivially easy to make on a mill.
If you REALLY want to have fun, you should build yourself a taper attachment and just use that
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Question about order of ops for lathe work
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If you REALLY want to have fun, you should build yourself a taper attachment and just use that
By soft jaw/collet I meant to just put a piece of aluminum around 1"od into the chuck, drill a bit undersize, then bore to match the taper. Make sure you taper the correct way to hold your handle in the correct orientation. Once that is done use a hacksaw to cut thru one side of the collet approx halfway between the jaws, put in your handle and the cut will allow the collet to squeeze down with the jaw pressure and hold the part. I do this all the time for odd shaped parts that have to be held in the lathe.
Ha ha ha ha ha......I think you can buy them depending on the chuck. That said, they are trivially easy to make on a mill.
If you REALLY want to have fun, you should build yourself a taper attachment and just use that
Oh, now I get it. Don’t I feel silly.
