SS turning chuck

rdewinter · Post by **rdewinter** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:33 pm

I know this has been discussed before but I need to ask again. I'm getting into different types of turning other than spindle turning. I'm looking at bottle stoppers, bowls, plates and other small turning projects. I have a One Way live center and like it very much.

My questions are.....What is the best all around chuck for the SS? Should it have adjustable jaws? Is there a limited amount of chucks that will work on the SS? Where is the best place to buy a suitable chuck?

Bob
San Diego

beeg · Post by **beeg** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:09 am

I have and like the Oneway talon chuck I have. As long as ya can get the 5/8's plain adapter for the chuck, any one wood work.

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 2:40 am

I now have a Talon chuck, but before that I used a face plate with pretty good success. Screwed a wood block to the face plate and glued paper and the workpiece to that wood. The paper made for easy separation.

rdewinter · Post by **rdewinter** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 9:54 am

Chuck
I can see your faceplate glue up example working in many cases. Did you use yellow glue or CA? Why did you settle on the Talon chuck? There seems to be a lot of chuck varieties to choose from and I'm having trouble picking the right one. Price, of course, is always a consideration.

Bob
San Diego

kd6vpe · Post by **kd6vpe** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 11:42 am

I also use the Talon chuck and am very happy with it. Two main concideration I went thru were the wieght of the chuck as I did not want to put to much pressure on the quill if that really mattered I don't know I am still a beginner when it comes to outfitting my shopsmith. The second reason was the 5/8 plain adapter and the price. Hope this helps. I turned a 14" segmented bowl with this chuch with little trouble. Now trying to do a 14" log might be a different story.

charlese · Post by **charlese** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:35 am

rdewinter wrote:Chuck
I can see your faceplate glue up example working in many cases. Did you use yellow glue or CA? Why did you settle on the Talon chuck? There seems to be a lot of chuck varieties to choose from and I'm having trouble picking the right one. Price, of course, is always a consideration.

Bob
San Diego

Hi Bob! Used yellow glue on both sides of the paper.

Chose a Talon chuck because it was (I thought) reasonably priced and folks said it was the right size for the Mark V. It's worked out well so far, however I had to learn to turn a 'spigot' that will fit into the chuck.

paul269 · Post by **paul269** » Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:12 pm

I got the nova g3 at about 1/3 of the price of the talon.

http://cgi.ebay.com/NOVA-G3-WOODLATHE-C ... 286.c0.m14

johnmccrossen · Post by **johnmccrossen** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:21 am

Bob, FYI, I purchased a SuperNova 2 chuck (Teknatool) last year from Woodcraft. http://www.woodcraft.com/Family/2005199/2005199.aspx I Haven't done a lot of turning with it yet, but it seems to work well for what I have done so far. I do need a smaller set of jaws for it. I am a little concerned about the weight at 5 1/2 lbs. but I was led to believe that with the double bearing spindle, it should be ok. Time will tell. I do plan to get more serious and turn more stuff this fall and winter. I have been stocking up on bowl blanks and other material and educating myself, now I just need to get more hands-on experience. John McCrossen

navycop · Post by **navycop** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 11:51 am

I was going through the post to find some old pen pictures of manels chucked in the SS. Can any one point me in the right direction?

tom_k/mo · Post by **tom_k/mo** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:04 pm

navycop wrote:I was going through the post to find some old pen pictures of manels chucked in the SS. Can any one point me in the right direction?

Here's one I posted a month or so ago, not directly centered on the mandrel, but you can see it chucked in the quill.

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