Jim Ketron
04-06-2005, 12:19 PM
Well if you havent figured me out by now:) I make a lot of my tools:D
Here is a Homemade Drum Chuck I used Sch 10 (thinwall steel pipe) and 1 1/4x8tpi nut,flat plate 3/16" thick, walnut,thin foam (for the seal)
I turned a piece of wood to fit in the pipe and turned a tennon on one end for the hole in the plate and the nut to fit in, that way I could keep everything in align during the tack stages. I got it tacked up took it to the lathe for a test spin, it was running prety true not perfect but not that big of a problem, so I finished welding it up. mounted a piece of walnut on a face plate turned a 1/4" deep grove so the pipe would fit in, mixed up some epoxy and glued the walnut to the pipe I let it set overnight, Mounted it back on the lathe the next day turned out the center and rounded over the edges to have a good serface area that could be used on diff shapes of bowls and platters.also this fixed some of the runout that I had after welding.
I mixed up some Epoxy and applied it all over the walnut, let it get tacky then placed the sheet of foam over the walnut. I used masking tape on the outside of the foam to keep it from bunching up also put a few wraps around the base where the pipe and the walnut contacts each other, then turned on the pump to about 5-6 HG to pull in the foam to make a good seal with the epoxy and to keep it from bunching up left it on for 15 min till the epoxy dried cut out the center of the foam and it was finished!:D
Jim
Here is a Homemade Drum Chuck I used Sch 10 (thinwall steel pipe) and 1 1/4x8tpi nut,flat plate 3/16" thick, walnut,thin foam (for the seal)
I turned a piece of wood to fit in the pipe and turned a tennon on one end for the hole in the plate and the nut to fit in, that way I could keep everything in align during the tack stages. I got it tacked up took it to the lathe for a test spin, it was running prety true not perfect but not that big of a problem, so I finished welding it up. mounted a piece of walnut on a face plate turned a 1/4" deep grove so the pipe would fit in, mixed up some epoxy and glued the walnut to the pipe I let it set overnight, Mounted it back on the lathe the next day turned out the center and rounded over the edges to have a good serface area that could be used on diff shapes of bowls and platters.also this fixed some of the runout that I had after welding.
I mixed up some Epoxy and applied it all over the walnut, let it get tacky then placed the sheet of foam over the walnut. I used masking tape on the outside of the foam to keep it from bunching up also put a few wraps around the base where the pipe and the walnut contacts each other, then turned on the pump to about 5-6 HG to pull in the foam to make a good seal with the epoxy and to keep it from bunching up left it on for 15 min till the epoxy dried cut out the center of the foam and it was finished!:D
Jim