Thread: quick change jaws

I got a lil bosch a couple of years ago for fathers day - lives near the lathe for just that purpose

...and I took it one step further by holding all my jaws together with big 'O' rings made from vacuum ring rubber. Slip the right ring on the set you're removing, undo the screws with the drill, drop the next set in place, drop the screws in - all over in seconds

I got myself one of these for my chuck jaws.
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Don't have to worry about flat batteries, and it's not much slower than a cordless screwdriver.

Originally Posted by TTIT

...and I took it one step further by holding all my jaws together with big 'O' rings made from vacuum ring rubber. Slip the right ring on the set you're removing, undo the screws with the drill, drop the next set in place, drop the screws in - all over in seconds

Tried rubber bands but they perish after a while

Colin

your method seems like exercise

I use a little, gutless, Aldi lithium screwdriver, good for cole jaw blocks to,

when you've collected enough chucks for all jaws.

Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker

your method seems like exercise

All those methods seem like a lot of work.


My solution is simpler, I bought more chucks so that each one has a different set of jaws. A tad more expensive but life's too short to waste time screwing and unscrewing jaws.


Peter.

Neat idea but does the driver have a magnetic head?I would never be game to change jaws while on the lathe like this and risk dropping the screw in to the shavings never to be seen again.
Ted

Originally Posted by turnerted

Neat idea but does the driver have a magnetic head?I would never be game to change jaws while on the lathe like this and risk dropping the screw in to the shavings never to be seen again.
Ted

In the usual immaculately clean woodturners shed? Nah, never happen!

My solution is simpler, I bought more chucks so that each one has a different set of jaws. A tad more expensive but life's too short to waste time screwing and unscrewing jaws.

Now your talking my language. He who has the most chucks wins

hi guys,
some good ideas added there thanks ,i like the idea of rubber rings around the jaws
ted, yeah, the head is magnetic, i usually put a board the width of the lathe on the bed
first so as not to lose any important bits
peter , i like the idea of having 6 chucks ,soooo if you have any spare............
one problem for me is spare cash!!!!!!!!!!!
thanks again for the ideas guys
cheers smiife

Originally Posted by Sturdee

My solution is simpler, I bought more chucks so that each one has a different set of jaws. A tad more expensive but life's too short to waste time screwing and unscrewing jaws.

I like your use of the word "tad" in that sentence

And I'm really struggling to resist quoting you out of context by selecting only "Life's too short to waste time screwing", but it's a battle.

Originally Posted by hughie

Now your talking my language. He who has the most chucks wins

Finally I might be a winner or at least in the runner ups.


Peter.

Hi All,
I'm with Sturdee & Others, as I have 5 Black Nova Scroll Chucks, & it is so easy to undo 1 Chuck, & Screw on another one.
Can't possibly waste time undoing Screws then doing them up again.

Sadly, that is a Job I have to do though, at our Wood Club, as I like the Spigot Jaws, but another Turner likes the Bowl 50mm. Jaws. so one of us has to change the Jaws.

Isn't a Turners life Hell ?????.

Originally Posted by smiife

peter , i like the idea of having 6 chucks ,soooo if you have any spare............
one problem for me is spare cash!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry mate but I haven't got enough yet, still need a permanent one for the Longworth Chuck.

I started of by asking for a chuck for fathers day, birthday and Xmas and soon they started to build up. Also using recycled doors in my workshop projects allowed me to save money and buy extra chucks as needed.

4 recycled doors equalled a chuck without jaws.

Peter