chuck

I fancied trying a set of axminster pen jaws but as I do all my turning on a modified metal lathe and I can not justify buying a wood lathe I purchased a set of axminster chuck jaws and spent a couple of hours in the shed modifying them on my mill to fit my chuck. Result is I can now add any of...

My grandaughter decided she would like a "Harry Potter style pen" so of course i said I can do that,,,then had the sinking feeling,,,, how on earth am i going to do that ,,,, a quick search on here turned up a couple of pics , so all I needed was a kit that had a screw together rollerball or...

Had a problem yesterday that I haven't had before, 2 streamline pens that I was assembling had loose top caps, not really sure how this happened but can only assume that I have somehow oversized the end of the brass tube, nibs were fine & so is the fit on the twist mechanism. Although I am still...

Now the winters are starting to draw in and some of us don't have the luxury of heated workshops, I was thinking again of how to protect my tools and machines from the dreaded rust. Over the year I've regularly waxed or oiled my tools, more to keep clean and protect. Like the tapers on the...

hi Need help with a with a chuck problem i have:sob: my lathe head stocks thread is 24x1mm and the 3'' chuck i got of a friend for a very good price is 1'' 8tpi i also have the 3/4 adapter to fit. i have spent 2 days searching google and clicking on a good few hundred sites and still no...

Anyone looking for a drill chuck for their tail stock should check out Myford Ltd Home Page (British Engineering at its best) just recieved mine through the post for £23 with free postage, i searched loads of places axminster etc but myford is the cheapest i found and they are second to none for...

was looking for a way to drill through bullet heads for pens, and while messing with my drill press I realised the drill chuck is on a morse taper , this was quickly removed and taken to my loft to try it on my lathe (axminster) and it fits on both the tailstock and headstock, so now all I have...

Hi, My drill press has very little depth and I'm struggling to get dead centre holes when drilling both sides. Do you have any suggestions? I saw you can drill on the lathe but not sure where to start as I don't have a chuck, what kind would I need?

Hi Everybody I have at last started to turn some pens. I have fitted a record SE4 chuck and a pair of pen turning jaws to my DML305-M33 lathe which has worked great and I have spent the past few days drilling and squaring the ends of the pen bodies. I am now to the point of turning my first pen...

I ordered a 10" Longworth Style Chuck from Stiles and Bates which was with me within 2 days, when I opened it I realised it was to small for what I wanted to hold. On Tuesday this week I phoned and asked if it would be possible to change it for the 14" version, I was told no problem just return...

After some months of deliberating i have just pushed the button on buying a new chuck. I was in a semi fortunate position of only having a small record power rp2000, which has served me well, but which the jaws dont fit anything else. In the end i chose the vicmarc vm100 because i like the...

Hi, I have a second hand lathe (no company markings, I think it was a home made tool), which I am trying to add an xact 4” jaw chuck to. I’m having trouble though as the screw on my head is 7/8” x 8 tpi. The new chuck has an adapter, to fit 3/4” x 16tpi, or I can connect directly to the chuck...

I was working on my Record DML305 lathe today using a 3 wheel steady as the work piece was about 8/9 inches long. I stopped the lathe to adjust the dust hood, on starting it again for a fraction of a second i noticed the work piece did not move then the was a clack and it ran. Later i found out...

I was turning a piece of Rowan that has a fair amount of rot in it, it also has some small cracks as well. I 'treated' the rot and cracks to three sessions of CA and left it to go off. While it was mounted on the chuck screw and only the outside finished, it ran true. I swapped it round and held...

13inches x3inches made off oak sapele idigbo finished with mineral oil, This one gathered a lot of inertia when turned off it came off at a rate of knots took a chuck out of my shin and went on its travels down the work shop and no have not got a lock on the spindle yet :sob:

I have been given a bowl by a friend who's uncle had started turning it and then sadly passed away so Ive been asked if I can finish it. Problem is Im not sure how best to remount it on the lathe? The bowl is mahogany (heavy) and is approx 12" diameter. There has been a shallow recess cut in...

Does anyone know what the chuck thread is for a Rexon TB 900 wood lathe please, a friend has just bought the wrong back plate for a oneway chuck and she needs to exchange it for the right one, now I think it is 1" x 8TPI but am not too sure. Thanks in anticipation. PG

Hi All, Complete newby to woodturning - based on Ayrshire coast - Scotland. I have just retired at 73 yrs old :thumbs:& decided to take up woodturning - initially pens/pencils I have a Jet JML 1041 which I hope to be using for the pen work. Having said that it doesn't have a chuck & I am not...

I don't have a chuck, and I've decided i need one. Chuck buying advise please. Spend lots, spend a little? What brands should i be looking at, does it need to be branded. I'm enjoy turning small thing at the moment. Thanks

I have been given an axminster precision pen turning lathe which comes with a 24x1 collet and axminster evolution mandrel. I have my full size lathe as well am am finding this second small lathe is great for doing my pens. The collet system is great but I would live to be able to drill my blanks...