OK, I'm new to this. Tried my first bowl last night from a round blank about 4" wide by 2" tall. Read the directions of my new OneWay Tallon chuck and thought they said to drill a 11/32 hole by 3/4 deep for the worm screw. I did, and found it impossible (maybe I'm a weakling) to screw the blank all the way on to worm screw to where blank rested on the jaws of the chuck like I thought you had to do.
So after finally being able to retrieve my virtually stuck worm screw out of the blank, I resolve to give it another go tonight with the faceplate mount this time to turn the outside of bowl. What size/length of wood screw do you guys recommend for attaching the faceplate? How much thread do you need going into blank on each screw to keep it mounted and keep it from being thrown across the shop?