Wood lathe chuck

What is the best woodturning chuck on the market today? We've reviewed 5 top rated chucks to help you buy the right accessories for your lathe in 2017.

This is a digital file to make a longworth chuck for a lathe. This is used to hold projects in the center of your lathe. Made of wood, metal or hdpe of your choice. This file includes a .dxl, .svg and a file for directions of what I did to create my own.

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There is more than one way to mount turning wood on your lathe. You can turn between centers or you can use a face plate when mounting wood on your lathe.

Find out what you should look for when buying a new lathe chuck such as threaded inserts and a body that fit your machine.

I’ve been using the lathe to make bowls and realized I needed a way to grip the top of a bowl so I could work on the bottom. There are commercial products out there to do this but they cost …

Darrell Feltmate is a juried wood turner showing you how to make your own turning tools in the typical home shop. Save money and have fun.

A useful Shopmade chuck for reverse turning smaller pieces. Made from scrap wood and a hose clamp, you end up with a functional chuck and a router base for a…

To turn wood on a lathe you have to secure the wood to the lathe. For spindle turning the wood is held between the head stock and the tail stock. For bowl turning you can mount a bowl blank with a face plate. These two methods let the lathe spin the wood which allows you to turn and shape the wood with your tools.

A screw chuck is very useful for turning small cross-grain items. They are easy to make, in the sizes that are most handy.