JaHo Onamental turning Device

[Bob Roehrig]

In the process of gathering some information on making a JaHo ornamental turner. Acquired the Rotary table, Cross slide, and Boring head. Attaching this to a Oneway 12" swing lathe so still am in thought to attachment methods. Biggest issue in the works right now is how I'm going to attach the chuck to the Rotary table. No longer have my metal lathe so coming up with something solid and workable is going to be a puzzeler. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. The original JaHo used High Density plastic, but obtaining scraps that are 3" x 3' has proven difficult. Very expensive and no one has small pieces. Would love to hear from those that have made one to learn issues they had and how they solved them. Thanks

 

[Kirk Yarina]

Bit late, but have you looked on eBay for drops or round stock? I found several sellers offering HDPE and delrin cutoffs by searching for "delrin drops".

 

[colinsp]

One way would be to get a chuck adapter with the correct thread for your chuck and cut off the female part and mount that on the rotary table. An alternative would be a 3D printed chuck wall mount and mount that on the rotary table. With the Jaho setup you aren't putting much load on the chuck as it isn't rotating so either will work, I have used both of these solutions.