I'm Thinking about buying a drill chuck for my tail stock so i can use a fosner bit to drill vases, ornaments and so on. The thing is I don't have a 4 jaw chuck, I glue all my work on. So my question is will this put too much pressure on the glued work piece or should I be ok. I have only been turning about a year and am slowly acquiring the tools and supplies i need. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Thinking about buying a drill chuck
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If you have a glue joint that holds wood for turning it should hold for drilling.
Stress will obviously increase with larger diameter and dull bits.
Glue joints I use for Engrain turnings are a small tenon glued into a block on a faceplate.
To put next piece on I face off the glue block drill out the hole for the tenon and glue the new piece in.
So a Jacobs chuck comes in handy or glueing Engrain blanks.
One note: many Jacobs chucks tend loose the taper lock.
I hold the chuck when backing it out
I use twist drills held in a vice grip. This works well up to 1/2" diameter
Need to make a small center hole with a gouge.
I also use a 1" twist drill with a #2 morse directly the tailstock.
Al
Stress will obviously increase with larger diameter and dull bits.
Glue joints I use for Engrain turnings are a small tenon glued into a block on a faceplate.
To put next piece on I face off the glue block drill out the hole for the tenon and glue the new piece in.
So a Jacobs chuck comes in handy or glueing Engrain blanks.
One note: many Jacobs chucks tend loose the taper lock.
I hold the chuck when backing it out
I use twist drills held in a vice grip. This works well up to 1/2" diameter
Need to make a small center hole with a gouge.
I also use a 1" twist drill with a #2 morse directly the tailstock.
Al
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Thanks for the info. I think I will go ahead and buy one and try it. Thanks again
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For use around a wood lathe, a keyless chuck is a good choice. With a keyless chuck, no looking for the key in the shavings is a big plus.
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Mine hangs on the same magnet as my knockout bar, always at hand. What I hate is the key for my sanding chuck is a size smaller. :mad:
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ditto!!
I bought a keyless chuck at the Florida symposium a few years ago from Mike Hare at VM Woodworking vmwoodworking1982@yahoo.com
IMHO is the best chuck key or no key available. It actually tightens up a bit when you start drilling and is still easy to open.
Not sure of the current price. I paid about $40 including a "mike's ONEWAY tax" - the extra cost of the #3 M taper.
I keep trying to convince myself that I need one with a #2 for demos.
CSUSA sells them, I'm sure others as well:
http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/p...se-Taper-Drill-Bit?term=morse+taper+drill+bit
http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/p...se-Taper-Drill-Bit?term=morse+taper+drill+bit
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I bought mine from wholesale tools in Tampa. The store closed last year but the have a web site.
Wttool.com
Most on line tool companies will have them
1" is the largest I have found in #2 M taper about $13 from Wholesale tools.
Larger ones are available with #3 M tapers that fit the ONEWAY.
They do come in handy
Al
Thanks. Looks like prices have gone way up. 1" is $53 from Craft. 15/16" is $45 from WT.
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John,
Wholesale tools may have one. It does not specifically say Morse taper.
I would suggest you call them before ordering to be sure it's a morse taper.
0101-0370 1" 10-3/4" 2 taper* In Stock $13.80
I may have this very same bit but can't be sure.
Thanks to Jim Mullens it is real sharp.
Al
Wholesale tools may have one. It does not specifically say Morse taper.
I would suggest you call them before ordering to be sure it's a morse taper.
0101-0370 1" 10-3/4" 2 taper* In Stock $13.80
I may have this very same bit but can't be sure.
Thanks to Jim Mullens it is real sharp.
Al
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if you can't get it from WT (from part number provided), you can find them on Amazon at a reasonable price...as long as you don't need exactly 1" diameter:
http://www.amazon.com/Precision-Twi..._3?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1379540124&sr=1-3
look at 29/32" and 1-7/64" - they are both reasonably priced
and if you have Amazon Prime...free 2-day shipping!
I use Colt forstner bits with their Rotostop MT2 adapter on both the lathe and my drill press. My chuck gets very little use these days.
Ross
Ross