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Turning game calls
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 12:03 pm
by ceyoung77
Are there any adapters made for the Mark VII that will allow me to use a collet chuck to hold a 5/8' expanding mandrel in order to turn game calls?
Thanks in advance!
-Clint
Re: Turning game calls
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 1:51 pm
by rpd
You could make a friction chuck that fits in your scroll chuck.
Re: Turning game calls
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 1:53 pm
by rpd
Re: Turning game calls
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 1:55 pm
by rpd
Re: Turning game calls
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 2:13 pm
by rpd
You might like this video too.
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Re: Turning game calls
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 2:16 pm
by Mike907
Or you can get an adapter like this, and use any collet chuck with 1"-8 threads. I have the Beall Tools collet chuck and like it a lot.
https://www.pennstateind.com/store/L5818.html
Mike
Re: Turning game calls
Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2019 2:34 pm
by ceyoung77
Awesome, thanks so much!
Re: Turning game calls
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 11:40 am
by ceyoung77
Can a drill chuck be placed in the tailstock location and the head moved forward toward it, then extend the quill in order to drill the centers of pieces for game calls? Does that make sense? It seems that other wood lathes work in the opposite way...
Thanks!
Re: Turning game calls
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 12:03 pm
by beeg
Re: Turning game calls
Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2019 7:26 pm
by JPG
ceyoung77 wrote:Can a drill chuck be placed in the tailstock location and the head moved forward toward it, then extend the quill in order to drill the centers of pieces for game calls? Does that make sense? It seems that other wood lathes work in the opposite way...
Thanks!
Yes they do! But then most lathes do not have a quill, but use an adjustable tail stock.
A similar scenario is a lathe chuck at the tailstock and a drill chuck in the quill. Yes the lathe chuck does not rotate, but the drill chuck does.