Threaded waste block

[Webb Willmott]

I saw a video where a waste block was threaded and screwed on the spindle so no chuck was used and the advantage stated was the turning could be taken off the lathe for fitting and returned to the lathe as many times as needed with it always running true before parting it off.

Sure seems like a good idea or is it just another way of doing something?

 

[Bob Franklin]

I use them all the time and probably have a dozen of them in different profiles for different things, like different jam chuck profiles for bowls of different sizes, hollow forms, boxes, double sided tape blocks for small items, etc , they work fantastic , once you make one glue a waste block on and then when the waste block gets used up you turn it off and add another , you can uses them over and over

 

[hockenbery]

Sure seems like a good idea or is it just another way of doing something?

It’s a holding option with pluses and minuses
Need a tap and time to make the them
Useful for items that will go on and off the lathe many times

Useful for making various jigs

I use a lot of wooden morse tapers to glue things on. And several are on cult chucks for ball turning.


Chucks in some uses and cup centers( oneway safe center) allow nearly recentering.

I have a couple of glue blocks on dedicated faceplates

 

[robo hippy]

I use them all the time for turning threaded boxes. The mini lathes are pretty much all 8 tpi, and 1 inch diameter. You can find boxes of the locking nuts at any big box hard ware store. I insert them into a wood block, about 2 inch diameter. I do epoxy them in. You can get thread cutters, maybe from Beal tools? You have to special order locking nuts 1 1/2 inch by 8 tpi. To me, this is easier than threading them, but that works too. As you part blanks off, I generally take the waste block, it eventually gets down to the nut. I just flatten the surface and glue another 3/4 inch or so piece of wood to the waste block.

robo hippy

 

[Webb Willmott]

I use them all the time for turning threaded boxes. The mini lathes are pretty much all 8 tpi, and 1 inch diameter. You can find boxes of the locking nuts at any big box hard ware store. I insert them into a wood block, about 2 inch diameter. I do epoxy them in. You can get thread cutters, maybe from Beal tools? You have to special order locking nuts 1 1/2 inch by 8 tpi. To me, this is easier than threading them, but that works too. As you part blanks off, I generally take the waste block, it eventually gets down to the nut. I just flatten the surface and glue another 3/4 inch or so piece of wood to the waste block.

robo hippy

Great idea. Thanks. And less expensive than a Beale tap.

Where did you order them from?