Sometimes we need to return our work to the lathe, which can be difficult in the case of a pen barrel.
To avoid damage we would wish to use soft jaws but where to get such a thing?
Here is my fix for that, I hope it helps some of you, electrical glands or have they got some fancy modern name?
The type used in junction boxes and consumer panels. I use the plastic bell mouthed ones as mini vices with the rubber insert as soft jaws init?
Insert the gland into your chuck and tighten.
I line it up gently using the quill on my tailstock then tighten the gland around my barrel.
The tailstock can then be withdrawn and work can commence on the barrel.
I wouldn't want to spin this a full speed but it does allow me to finish an otherwise binned project.
Cheap as chips keep a few in your toolbox init?
If I want to spin faster or put some grunt behind a tool on it I use a piece of rubber hose glued to my revolving center and hold it with that.
To avoid damage we would wish to use soft jaws but where to get such a thing?
Here is my fix for that, I hope it helps some of you, electrical glands or have they got some fancy modern name?
The type used in junction boxes and consumer panels. I use the plastic bell mouthed ones as mini vices with the rubber insert as soft jaws init?
Insert the gland into your chuck and tighten.
I line it up gently using the quill on my tailstock then tighten the gland around my barrel.
The tailstock can then be withdrawn and work can commence on the barrel.
I wouldn't want to spin this a full speed but it does allow me to finish an otherwise binned project.
Cheap as chips keep a few in your toolbox init?
If I want to spin faster or put some grunt behind a tool on it I use a piece of rubber hose glued to my revolving center and hold it with that.