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While I was out in the shop this weekend, I decided to finally tackle a simple little tool. I turned a piece of 4x4 into a chuck cradle to help with mounting and removing my 8" chucks
First, I scribed the V ways onto the wood and cut them out on the bandsaw. This way, I get side to side alignment and I am supported on the flat ways.
After cutting the clearance for the V ways, I put the block back in front of the chuck and marked the OD on the backside
Here is the block after marking, ready to go back to the bandsaw.
And here is the finished piece under my 3-Jaw. Both of my chucks happend to be 8" so I only made one. Now I no longer need to try to support 40 lbs of chuck while trying to line up the key on my L00 spindle. All in all, a good 10 minute project
First, I scribed the V ways onto the wood and cut them out on the bandsaw. This way, I get side to side alignment and I am supported on the flat ways.
After cutting the clearance for the V ways, I put the block back in front of the chuck and marked the OD on the backside
Here is the block after marking, ready to go back to the bandsaw.
And here is the finished piece under my 3-Jaw. Both of my chucks happend to be 8" so I only made one. Now I no longer need to try to support 40 lbs of chuck while trying to line up the key on my L00 spindle. All in all, a good 10 minute project