Homemade Cole jaws

[philip labre]

Put together a set of Cole jaws for my VM120 chuck. Used 1/2" aluminum plate i got free and door stop tips with 1/4x20 cap screws. I think I'll get a set of laboratory corks for longer hold downs. Now I need to turn something to use them.
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[Bill Hensley]

Excellent! Please don't tell us you only used a hacksaw and a hand drill. I just couldn't take it.

[Mike Stephens]

Great job Philip. Did you machine the back of them to fit the chuck or are they just bolted on?

[philip labre]

Great job Philip. Did you machine the back of them to fit the chuck or are they just bolted on?
They are just bolted on. All I had was a jigsaw and drill press, so no milling here.

[David E Keller]

Will you be taking orders for these? That looks great.

[Baxter Smith]

Impressive work. Very nice!

[Christopher K. Hartley]

Im impressed, very nice work.:)

[Steve Schlumpf]

Wow! Nice work Philip! Look a heck of a lot better than the ones I bought!

[Steve Vaughan]

Man, I like them!

[Faust M. Ruggiero]

The diverse talent we see in this forum is amazing. Great set of cole jaws. Looks professional.
faust

[Rich Aldrich]

Philip - Nice work. Hard to believe one can use a jig saw to make those nice cuts, but some of the saws and blades today really can make a nice cut with the right operator.

[Rick Markham]

Man, those are some pretty cole jaws. You did a fantastic job on them. A jigsaw and drill press... you did a great job on them. You should teach NOVA how to make cole jaws... the ones I have are pretty shoddy! Those are great Philip! Wanna come over and help me build handplanes?:o

[Roland Martin]

You are quite talented, Philip! Very good looking cole jaws, you'd be hard pressed to find anything better than that anywhere! Thanks for inspiring me to spend more money:eek:, I may have to start keeping my eye out for aluminum:) Very nice work and thanks for posting.

[Dick Mahany]

Philip,
Great Job !! The jaws are very well done and should be an excellent way to hold your work. Now, let's see 'em in action !

Regards,

[Michael James]

Beautiful work on those!

[Keith Westfall]

Good looking jaws!! Would be nice to see the back just in case one gets to thinking he could do the same... :cool:

[philip labre]

Philip - Nice work. Hard to believe one can use a jig saw to make those nice cuts, but some of the saws and blades today really can make a nice cut with the right operator.
Rich, once i had the jaws mounted i used my homemade carbide insert tool to true up the outside and scribe the size rings. I did use my bandsaw with an old 4 hook blade to cut the circle in quarters, which worked excellent but I couldn't use it for the circle because the guy I got the plate from wanted as much back as possible and the piece was too big.

[philip labre]

Man, those are some pretty cole jaws. You did a fantastic job on them. A jigsaw and drill press... you did a great job on them. You should teach NOVA how to make cole jaws... the ones I have are pretty shoddy! Those are great Philip! Wanna come over and help me build handplanes?:o
Thanks Rick. i can't go that far south or I may melt and I should be making landing nets instead of playing with the lathe, but the inventory rack is full so I have an excuse.

[philip labre]

Good looking jaws!! Would be nice to see the back just in case one gets to thinking he could do the same... :cool:
Thanks Kieth, The backs are just flat because they sit tight on the Vicmarc surfaces with the screws holding them in place.

[John Keeton]

Philip, kind of late to post on this - not sure how I missed it!! Excellent work on these as many have noted, and much better than you could have purchased. These will come in handy, and you will certainly find a use for the longer posts - that was one of the first things I did for mine. You can also use poly tubing for cushion if you can find the right thickness. Some hardware and auto supply shops carry it.

[Tim Thiebaut]

You did an amazing job on this, the quality of workmanship is outstanding, good job!

[Bill Bolen]

gotta agree with Faust, the talent found here just boggles the mind! You sure proved the old saying "where there is a will there is a way". Very professional job. Congrats on a fine "homemade" tool. I know you will enjoy using yours more than you ever would using a commercial tool...Bill..

[Bernie Weishapl]

Really nice work on those. Especially with a jig saw and drill press.

[Rob Cunningham]

Beautiful workmanship.

[Kieran Kammerer]

Very nice work. I agree, I am amazed at the variety of talents on this site.

[Peter Fabricius]

Philip;
Those are fantastic. Nicely done. One suggestion to make them a little safer. Round off the outside corners of each quarter piece so if your hands get a little too close the jaws will bump you and not take a piece of meat off.
If you look at the Oneway jumbo jaws you will see what I mean.
Peter F.

[Gary Conklin]

Resurrecting an old thread here. Phillip I am just curious if you did any kind of treatment to the internal cut edges, sanding, round over etc.?

[philip labre]

Gary, I made the inside cuts on my band saw and lightly touched them on the belt sander to knock down any high spots and rolled the edges lightly. I didn't feel the internal cuts needed to fit that closely because you won't close them tight to hold a bowl. Hope this helps.