Chuck Jaw storage idea?

[Steve Tiedman]

I can show you an idea that does NOT work. 17 pounds of chuck jaws in a $4 plastic tub. Oh, they all fit just fine, lid installed and everything. But that thin plastic does not accept the weight of what it contains if kept on a shelf where it would need to be grabbed and put back repeatedly. It would be fine if its home was a stationary location, which I do not have.


I'll just keep them in their boxes on a shelf.

 

[Gary Beasley]

I am fortunate to have bought into Nova's, now discontinued, keyless Infinity chucks years ago and love them. I now have three chucks and Nova gifted me (long story) with a set of 2-7 jaws. I made a box (no lid) for each size. I color coded the boxes with a band around each and put a small colored dot (sticker) on each one to make identification easy.

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I have that system too, wonderful design! I have a large rolling tool chest that I set the jaws into on one end of the top drawer with the larger handled tools on the other end. The drawer is deep enough to set the chuck in as well. Each set is marked with the set number, 1 through 7, and arranged by jaw number so its easier when changing jaws to grab the right one. Before that I used to hang sets on pegboard behind the lathe for my supernova and G3 chucks. I still have the supernova and leave the 50mm set on it mostly for the worm screw.

 

[Tom Gerhard]

chuck and jaw storage situation with 3D printed holders.

Did you design these or use a design you found online?

 

[Bill Blasic]

The 3D printer is one of the most pleasant surprises I've acquired in conjunction with all the rest of my toys. There are just tons of stuff available for free for my woodturning, my CNC, my new Xtool laser and importantly my Nieces and Nephews plus my newest Grand Niece. A lot of the stuff is available for specific brands.

 

[Brandon Luster]

Did you design these or use a design you found online?

I used these without modification for the chucks:

Wood Lathe Chuck Wall Mount - Slip On/Off by MikeSam | Download free STL model | Printables.com

And I used these without modification for the Talon jaws. (I scaled it up 20% for my Stronghold jaws.)

Midi Lathe Jaw Holder by MikeSam | Download free STL model | Printables.com

 

[John K Jordan]

The 3D printer is one of the most pleasant surprises I've acquired in conjunction with all the rest of my toys. There are just tons of stuff available for free for my woodturning, my CNC, my new Xtool laser and importantly my Nieces and Nephews plus my newest Grand Niece. A lot of the stuff is available for specific brands.

One son and I both built 3D Prusa printer kits a few years back and I used mine a lot. We both built temperature-controlled lighted enclosures with cameras for remote monitoring over ethernet by way of Raspberry Pi. Then life got overload for me and in my downsizing sent mine to him. He how has the two identical printers and productivity went way up! (He designs and prints incredibe jewelry, wonderful lamps, tools, things for his photo/videography business, gidgets and gadgets.) When I need something he can print it and send it.

Another son who lives near bought an assembled printer and his kids started going crazy! They were running low on their one spool of filament so I took over a box full of the filament. He made some amazing Christmas gifts this year - one was a cylindrical maze puzzle with a bunch of nested cups.

The number and variety of free ready-to-print models has exploded. No printer? - there are lots of places to get something made. (such as printathing.com/) Search google for 'where can i get something 3d printed'

Things sure have changed since the '60s.

JKJ

 

[Lew Kauffman]

My little shop is in the basement. Wall space disappeared years ago. The space between the floor joists (basement ceiling) provides storage using swing down cubbies. Magnetic tool holders from Harbor Freight hold my jaws securely. Because the ceiling isn't a full 8 ft the jaws are within reach whether the cubby is up or swung down.

 

[Larry Felton]

I'm using Planter's peanut cans for chuck jaw storage.

They are the perfect size.....and they're free!

=o=

Tuna fish cans are also a good size.

 

[John Whitley]

Ah, this clever 3D printed jaw storage system by @Scott Horton, which I was trying to reference up-thread, popped up again. (Glad it wasn't just a fever dream! ). Scroll down towards the end of this post for the relevant bit:

Post in thread 'Axminster (new chucks) vs New Vicmarc'

Feb 17, 2025

Hi did you finally get the VM over the Axminster and why?

James et.al.: In the end I chose Vicmarc.

My Reasons in no particular order:

1) The Vicmarc landed cost was substantially less. No one in the USA really had much stock if any. So I bought mine direct from AU and the USD to AUD exchange rate was very good at the time of ordering. I could have bought (2) VM100s and have money left over vs. (1) SK100 sourced in the USA (see #2)

2) The SK100 was not available from Axminster, not in the old, solid body, lifetime guarantee version, nor in the upcoming universal style...

• Scott Horton

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[Edward Kerslake]

This thread, along with the discussion of 3D printed parts / storage idea led me to create my own set of designs for the "Gridfinity' system,
If you're not familiar with the Gridfinity method of tool storage, I suggest a quick google to lead you to the black hole / Alice in wonderland misuse of time ;-)
In essence, it's a standardized cubic grid system. The baseplate is generated to 'fill' a drawer edge to edge and then gridfinity elements then fit within it.

I've spent the last two weeks generating CAD files to match my Oneway Jaws and Chucks and after about 10kg of scrap PETG and the removal of a few more of my (few) head hairs, I am getting there!

I LOVE the gridfinity system and this way of storing as I can quickly open my drawer and eyeball a jaw to fit my tenon (or my caliper measurement)
The jaws are stored in their 'perfect circle' diameter.

I've now done it for both my Axminster Jaws and my Oneway jaws. The Axminster ones I have yet to clean up and process but the Oneway ones I have just uploaded to Creality Cloud. (8933607028) Pretty happy with the result and my wife is now happy that I am no longer parked in front of a computer

When I get the time and energy I will turn my attention to the Axminster files

 

[Edward Kerslake]

 

[Rusty Nesmith]

Like some others I found it easier to store the jaws on chucks.