Ron Drew
12-31-2007, 4:40 PM
Hi all - I'm new to the forum here, thought I'd start off with a question about work piece wobble when mounted in the chuck. Doesn't seem to matter weather I'm working with a between the centers trued piece, or a face mounted bowl, when I mount the tenon in the chuck, I get wobble - seems to me much more than it should. As an experiment, I smoothed an 8" piece of maple between centers, carefully made a tenon with a smooth shoulder on both ends. I then mounted one end in the chuck, and I get wobble at BOTH ends. Granted it's subtle at the chuck end, and much more at the tailstock end, but still some even at the chuck. I then true the piece and the tailstock tenon again while in the chuck, flip the piece end for end, and still get wobble. I have the same problem if I face mount a workpiece, shape the outside, make a tenon, flip it to the chuck. I'll have as much as an 1/8" wobble at the outside edge on a small 5 or 6 inch dia bowl.
Am I being too critical? I know we're working with wood here and not metal, but this still seems excessive to me. I guess my question is - is some wobble normal and acceptable? And you just work around it? Or might I have a problem with this chuck? Many thanks, and great forum.
By the way, I'm using a Talon chuck on a Nova DVRxp.
Ron Drew
Am I being too critical? I know we're working with wood here and not metal, but this still seems excessive to me. I guess my question is - is some wobble normal and acceptable? And you just work around it? Or might I have a problem with this chuck? Many thanks, and great forum.
By the way, I'm using a Talon chuck on a Nova DVRxp.
Ron Drew