Longworth Chuck completed

[Steve Trauthwein]

Hello All,

Finally finished the Longworth Chuck. Suffered a little trepidation after putting it together, being concerned about it funtioning properly. It works like a charm. I used a 3/8" bit for the channels and decided to go with 1/4 inch bolts and turn a spacer. While looking through the wood pile for spacer material my eye fell on some corian that I have made pens with in the past. It worked very well. A few photos as I know if there are no pics it didn't happen. Quality of photos is not great as I didn't bother setting up the photo tent.

Regards, Steve

[Steve Schlumpf]

Very nice work Steve! Looks like it should work beautifully!

[Brad Hammond]

you guys are continually amazing me with this thing. guess i gotta start lookin or some plans.

great job!

[Bill Stevener]

That should work like a charm Steve. Great looking job. I think you will enjoy it. Thanks for showing.

[Bill Bolen]

Great job Steve! I know you will get a lot of use out of it. BTW what did you use for the rubbewr stopper pegs?...Bill...

[Ben Gastfriend]

Good job. If the cole jaws don't come, I think I'll be making myself one of these.

[Bernie Weishapl]

Looks great Steve. That is a nice job.

[Steve Trauthwein]

I used bottle stoppers found at a brewing supply.

<http://www.undergrounddigital.com/rubberstoppers.htm>

Regards, Steve

[robert hainstock]

very nice workmanship. It should give you many years of trouble free service.
Bob

[David Walser]

Steve,

Looks like a very nice Longworth chuck. Do you mind sharing with us how large and how small a bowl it will handle? Also, it appears you used both wingnuts and hexnuts. Are the hexnuts just there as a safety precaution? I don't think I've seen that approach before.

[Steve Trauthwein]

The size range for turned objects is from 3" to 16 1/2". I used the design in Woodturning Design magazine, issue winter 2006. The only thing I did differently was to go with the 3/8" slots instead of the 1/4". The lock nut is to keep the wing nut in place when loose, no accidental losses.

I initially tried to use a nut to attach the chuck but after three failures went with a dedicated face plate. I really don't know why the nut failed. I had it glued in a piece of wood and glued to a flat piece of wood. All of this was true on the lathe but when I glued or screwed it to the chuck I lost trueness. Oh Well. I really liked the idea I read about using a metal ring that will fit your bowl chuck to mount the longworth on.

With good directions and a little patience these are quite easy to make. I just have the greatest respect for people who figure these out in the first place.

Regards, Steve