Homemade Longworth chuck

[Bill Bolen]

Yippee!! This Longworth chuck has been on my to-do-list for about 2 years. Gathered parts this week and made it yesterday afternoon. It is a lot easier than you would think! It will hold a bowl inverted 12 3/8” max and about 3 ½” min. I didn’t trust the ones I have seen with only 4 pegs so I went with 8. After using it a few times today (getting caught up on a backlog of bowls) I think I will go with 6 on the next one and definitely a smaller faceplate for the hook-up. The smaller the mount on the backside of the Longworth the tighter the pins will close thus a smaller bowl or box. I need a 10” for the mini plus I think I will ebay one to pay for the parts used. ¾” Baltic birch plywood for the back and ¼” plywood paneling for the front. The pegs are ¾” X 1” table leg tips (soft rubber) from HD with a drilled out hardwood dowel for the interior of the pegs. Watching the action as the pins move is really interesting! Thank you Mr. Longworth, you were a very smart guy!…..Bill…

[George Morris]

Looks great! PM sent please consider? George

[Steve Schlumpf]

Very nice work Bill! Interesting variation to the original! First time I have seen 8 pegs but have to believe I would prefer that when finish turning large bowls! Nice work!

[Wally Wenzel]

Bill, looks like a very nice job on that, you are right they are not that hard to build and work really well. I made mt last one with 6 pegs and find that it does just fine. Wally

[Allen Neighbors]

That dark paneling makes it look sharp, too! Good job.

[Jim Becker]

Very nice work, Bill!

[Ben Gastfriend]

Very nice! I'm sure that will get alot of use!

[Ron McKinley]

This is probably a dumb question but what are the holes for between the bumpers? Thanks...Ron

[Bill Bolen]

Those are finger holes so you can rotate the 2 parts of the jaw sandwich to open and close the jaws....Bill...

[Bernie Weishapl]

Great looking piece and looks like it does a terrific job.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Looks to me like you did a bang up job Bill! Nicley done Sir!

[Jon Lanier]

Okay, now that you got your practice in... all you have to do is build one to fit my Rikon.

[Tom Sherman]

Nice job Will, I'm going to have to make one of those myself, just have to dig my router up.

[Alex Elias]

Nice show off. Now I have to find the how to and make one for me. Where is the info?
Thanks for showing

[Ron Drew]

That looks great Bill. I wonder if you could post a picture of the back side. I've not seen one of those in person, and having trouble visualizing how they work.