Thread: Chuck confusion

The pen mandrel fits directly into the morse taper of your lathe, so you need to take the chuck off.

If you have to buy a new mandrel buy the collet one that fits in the 2 morse taper. What type of lathe? Peter

Neil, thanks. Honestly, I did think of trying that but worried I may not be able to release it later. It was too logical for my doubful self.

Peter, the lathe is a new JEPSON. I'm just now getting back into pleasure-work which I last did about 60 years ago. All the power tools are foreign to me - I was a true Darksider.

Usually a lathe comes with a longish rod, sometimes with a knob on the end.

This is used to prod through the headstock to knock the morse taper free if it's too tight to remove by hand. (Which is usually the case. ) You normally don't need it for the tailstock end, as backing the handwheel off usually "auto-ejects" the taper from that end.

Note my use of "usually," "normally," "sometimes," etc. I don't know the Jepson lathes; if 'tis a GMC type cheapy, for example, all of this is out the window. But I doubt you'd be fitting an SN2 chuck to something like that.

Just want to add for what it's worth, that once you have finished for the day remove the mandrel from the head stock.

Reason for this is I left mine on once for a couple of days and had a great deal of trouble getting it off. If it wasn't for the thread protector nut thing (protects the thread where the chuck screws onto) which I then used as a pulley onto the mandrel to remove it, I don't know what I would have done. (turned only pens I suspect)

regards

Gino

Originally Posted by Skew ChiDAMN!!

Usually a lathe comes with a longish rod, sometimes with a knob on the end.

That is a wizard's staff you are thinking of Skewift, as you well know.

Originally Posted by masoth

I'm just now getting back into pleasure-work which I last did about 60 years ago. All the power tools are foreign to me - I was a true Darksider.

Ah, you see you have the edge on those addicted to electricity. Come the power shortages you will leave them behind.

Beware the Mexican!

Viva Manuel Power!

Originally Posted by tashammer

That is a wizard's staff you are thinking of Skewift, as you well know.

Well, so Nanny Ogg keeps saying anyway.

Ah, you see you have the edge on those addicted to electricity. Come the power shortages you will leave them behind.

Which raises the question... if I use my treadle lathe, does that move my alignment towards the dark side?

The treadle lathe is for show and tell,I sold mine after I showed.Good for the leg muscles though it slows production no end. Peter

Oh, woe is me!!!
Almost finished the turning of my very first pen, and was travelling nicely, thank you very much. Glanced at tailstock, and naturally changed the positive position of my hands - SNAP! So endeth the first effort. Damn!:mad:

damn mate that is annoying. The biggest reason I found for snap off is when I don't get enough coverage of glue on the tube. Did you rough your tube first? What I do is rough it right up and then glue it up with epoxy allow to sit til tommorrow because I found superglue although a quicker glue up I did find more blow outs. Hope you understand my rabble.
bye Toni

No. I hadn't gotten to the glue and tube stage. I was taking the 'last' shaving and apparently dug in. The entire length of one part of the blank blew off.

so are you turning the pen without putting the tube?
Toni

G'Day Masoth

I have only just really had a look at pen turning myself and find the following link easy to understand http://www.woodcraftmagazine.com/Art...d=311&friend=1

Also I have a Jepson, the others will understand you more if you call it an MC1100 or Mc900

Cheers
Bernie