Quick and Dirty Chuck Cradle

hvontres

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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

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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.
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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
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Here is the block after marking, ready to go back to the bandsaw.
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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 :)

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Nice job!
I bet next improvement will be some ball bearings to move it more easily on the V ways :D
 
Well done, certainly not something requiring a high degree of precision, quick and dirty is just right. Mine looks very much the same other than I glued a couple of 2x4's together as I didn't have a 4x4 laying around.
 
Wow, making your own 4x4 :) This particular 4x4 was actually used as one of the skids when I picked up the lathe. And the paint stains are from painting the base :)
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This particular 4x4 was actually used as one of the skids when I picked up the lathe. And the paint stains are from painting the base :)

Perfect, recycled, that out to make the green police happy. :)
 
Hope you don't mind if I use your idea!

Ooooops to late.


Thant you,
Daryl
MN
 
I made very much the same for each of my chucks from leftover noggins from a building site ( 5x3 otherwise heading for a bonfire) but used the Saw of Danger (old deWalt radial arm) - angled the head for the vees, no problem, then turned the blade to 90-ish for the cutouts - then on the.first one the blade snagged, and I believed 2 feet of 3x5 CAN fly, hit the.shed 25 feet away and came to rest against the bench on the.far side, nice Warner Brothers 5x3 hole in the shed siding...

I used a table stop on the rest of 'em :$
 
I made very much the same for each of my chucks from leftover noggins from a building site ( 5x3 otherwise heading for a bonfire) but used the Saw of Danger (old deWalt radial arm) - angled the head for the vees, no problem, then turned the blade to 90-ish for the cutouts - then on the.first one the blade snagged, and I believed 2 feet of 3x5 CAN fly, hit the.shed 25 feet away and came to rest against the bench on the.far side, nice Warner Brothers 5x3 hole in the shed siding...

I used a table stop on the rest of 'em :$

A flying chuck cradle would be a great idea :biggrin:
Now you have to concentrate on how to pilot it in the right place (with a soft landing)…
 
Henry: I see you've also used the U-Haul trailer with the heavy tailgate to haul your Clausing. I've hauled three lathes using the same trailer - including two Chipmasters and a stripped down Monarch. Always performed better than expected.
 
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