Over time I have acquired four lathe chucks (two from NCWW raffles) and storing them has been a nuisance. Here is my solution to hold four chucks and their wrenches plus a worm screw on my lathe cabinet:
To start with I had some 1-8 threaded rod from my first leg vise and a 1-8 tap. I cut four lengths of threaded rod on the tablesaw with a Diablo steel cutting blade from Homer’s using a lube stick.
To make the chucks easy to unscrew, I dadoed the blank and fitted 1/4” thick slippery plastic strips into the dadoes.
Tap drill for 1-8 thread is 7/8".
Didn't have a tap wrench to fit so I made a guide block from a scrap with a 1" hole and used a combination wrench.
After lubing with paraffin, I turned the tap unidirectionally and the chips fell out the bottom. The resulting holes look like this:
Next step was installing the short threaded rods projecting 1-1/4". Note the nicely polished cut straight from the saw.
Puddles of epoxy on the back keeps the rods from unscrewing.
After drilling holes to store the various operating gear and screwing to the lathe cabinet it is ready to go. As a precaution, I slanted the holder back a bit so that the chucks won't unscrew from vibration.
To start with I had some 1-8 threaded rod from my first leg vise and a 1-8 tap. I cut four lengths of threaded rod on the tablesaw with a Diablo steel cutting blade from Homer’s using a lube stick.
To make the chucks easy to unscrew, I dadoed the blank and fitted 1/4” thick slippery plastic strips into the dadoes.
Tap drill for 1-8 thread is 7/8".
Didn't have a tap wrench to fit so I made a guide block from a scrap with a 1" hole and used a combination wrench.
After lubing with paraffin, I turned the tap unidirectionally and the chips fell out the bottom. The resulting holes look like this:
Next step was installing the short threaded rods projecting 1-1/4". Note the nicely polished cut straight from the saw.
Puddles of epoxy on the back keeps the rods from unscrewing.
After drilling holes to store the various operating gear and screwing to the lathe cabinet it is ready to go. As a precaution, I slanted the holder back a bit so that the chucks won't unscrew from vibration.
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