What wood is best for jam chucks? I've heard walnut and maple.
Someone mentioned not using cherry?
Thanks,
Dave F.
Someone mentioned not using cherry?
Thanks,
Dave F.
What about natural edge bowls?
Do you have to make a new chuck for each diameter bowl or do you make your bowls a standard diameter?
When I make these chucks I bore a hole through so that a wooden dowel can push the piece out. Usually a whack with a mallet on the chuck or a gentle push with the dowel will pop the ball out.
However if I've hollowed a ball to a thin wall too much force from a dowel will damage the piece and better to split the chuck.
Al
Another good tip. DRill a hole in the center of the jam chuck. All of my faceplates and chucks have holes in the center. When you get a bowl or box stuck on a jam chuck it's really nice to have a hole in the center of the waste block so you can push a dowel through and push on the work to get it off. Not that I've ever had that problem of course. It was a "friend".