Thread: Super Nova1 chuck key needed

Originally Posted by Paul39

I did some poking around on the net and found some posts from 10 years ago with people looking for same. One said that Teknatool was going to produce another batch from drawings.

You might take the chuck to an engineers supply place and see if any of the Jacobs type chuck keys will fit.

Thanks Paul,
appreciate the reply
Bob

Originally Posted by

.? Gee, I wonder many of us got on before 1988? (for those that don't know, that is the year that Teknatool released the scroll chuck. It was a rehash of an idea that was over 100 years old but that is another story.)

Bob, get him to use a faceplate. In some instances better than a chuck.

I had a lathe for at least 15 years before I got a chuck. Managed pretty well without it, and in fact it's made me lazy - I find myself adjusting the shape of my turning so to make it easier to grip in the chuck. Using a faceplate and a combination of glue and jamchucks meant that I turned the shape I wanted with little consideration to how I was going to grip it.

When I did my post trade course in woodturnig 40 + years ago nobody had even heard of such a device for a woodturning lathe

I have ranted and raved here several times about how one does not need so many expensive things to do turnings - chucks, Tormek grinders, powder metal tools, variable speed lathes, etc.

Any of the 1970s turning books have instructions on making bowls with one fixing on a faceplate. My favorite is one by Peter Child. Richard Raffan has one also.

All the expensive accessories do is to make turning faster and more convenient. If one is making turnings for a living, time is money.

For those just beginning and / or making a bowl or two a week, mounting on a faceplate and turning, sanding, and finishing, works fine.

I started wood turning on a 7 inch swing X 12 inch between centers Chinese metal lathe. I used a wood working 3/4 inch chisel and a screwdriver sharpened on a belt sander for tools.

I have descended to 8 or 9 lathes, 4 chucks, Tormek, 8 inch grinder, grinding jigs, angle sander, Dremel tools, flexible shaft tools, carbide tools, many high speed steel tools, the whole disaster.

Of the above, one Crown bowl gouge and one Oneway Stronghold chuck were bought new. When I sold a turning or had a windfall of $$, I would put that money in my "crazy money" stash. When things came up at an estate auction, or a trade in at the local tool supplier, I was ready with cash.

It has taken about 7 years to accumulate, but pretty much anything I need for turning, sanding, and finishing is at hand.

I occasionally make something on a junky lathe with home made tools, just for the fun of it. The pieces I make are just as good as the ones using all the better stuff. It just takes a bit longer.

Well yes Paul, but it is a bit frustrating not having the chuck key.

Originally Posted by tea lady

Well yes Paul, but it is a bit frustrating not having the chuck key.

Rather than the long rant, I might better have said: While waiting for a chuck key to turn up, use the face plate.

I wonder if there is enough demand for the no longer available chuck keys for the manufacturer to have another run made, or if they would release the prints so that a third party might make them.

Originally Posted by China

40 + years ago nobody had even heard of such a device for a woodturning lathe

Yes, I remember, but back then I could only turn stuff like this...

spinning wheel made c 1970.jpg

I found turning to be so much more fun when 'bowl' chucks became available.

Originally Posted by Paul39

It just takes a bit longer.

And, with "So much timber, so little time", I'm very grateful for anything that saves time...

there's a SN chuck - with key - on Gumtree in Brissy. It comes with a lathe . . . .

Teknatool Nova 3000 wood lathe | Power Tools | Gumtree Australia Gold Coast North - Oxenford

might be worth checking out

Be a good story to tell the Minister of Finance.

I need a chuck key but it's a rare type; will cost $950

Originally Posted by rsser

be a good story to tell the minister of finance.

I need a chuck key but it's a rare type; will cost $950 :d

.... : ~}

Ain't this forum a gem.

We have a generous solution provided by KBs Pensmore.

And other plausible options suggested.

Another suggestion, post in the metal work section I'm sure some one over there could make one up