WIP - a "joint" effort with the Escoulon chuck

I bought the Vicmarc Esc. chuck down at Jim Carroll's yesterday.

Calm and I (well, mostly David) put it on the Stubby to turn some Apple for practice.

At first, the chuck was definitely running out of centre. But David stripped the beast down and found a slither of metal. Once removed, no problems. :2tsup: This is the first problem I've had with any of my Vic chucks.

Anyway, David got stuck into it. It's the first time I've seen off-centre turning and it looks scary.

All I really wanted was an oval box, but Calm couldn't help himself once he got started.

Sorry, no photos of the final product, but here he is at work:

David, quite an experience and a bit scary too.
Stu in Tokyo put a time ago a video on youtube of this off center turning with a esc. chuck.
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So, can we expect plenty of wonky pieces in the near future?:D

Strange thing - an eccentric chuck that runs off centre!

especially liked the overuse of safety equipment :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Sawdust Maker

especially liked the overuse of safety equipment :rolleyes:

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Yup - especially the long sleeves :~ - wouldn't happen here :;:U

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Originally Posted by TTIT

Yup - especially the long sleeves :~ - wouldn't happen here :;:U

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That's cos its cold.:rolleyes: Also stops the flying shaving hurting your arm. Cos Calm turns with such power!:oo::D

So you guys actually making anything besides a pile of empties?:D

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Originally Posted by tea lady

That's cos its cold.:rolleyes: Also stops the flying shaving hurting your arm. Cos Calm turns with such power!:oo::D

So you guys actually making anything besides a pile of empties?:D

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Cold? We left Melbourne last evening, air temp. at 19 degrees. By the time we got to Ballarat it was 9. Say no more, it's a cold hole.

What did we make for the 3 or 4 days?..... One solitary pen. :oo:

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Originally Posted by jefferson

Cold? We left Melbourne last evening, air temp. at 19 degrees. By the time we got to Ballarat it was 9. Say no more, it's a cold hole.

What did we make for the 3 or 4 days?..... One solitary pen. :oo:

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One pen, not bad for 2 blokes and a couple of slabs of stubbies:D

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Originally Posted by jefferson

......... What did we make for the 3 or 4 days?..... One solitary pen. :oo:

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It was a bit cold, and Jeff has finally gone home to Anne so ballarat can relax again.

Yep we were a bit busy doing nothin, 3 1/2 days, 1000 km's, but did get the chance to do some real turning ......... you know that spindle work. sorry no photos.

As for the off centre stuff i'm over it already - back tu the bowls now i'm in peace again.:D:D:2tsup::2tsup:

Cheers

ONE PEN? :doh::rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by tea lady

ONE PEN? :doh::rolleyes:

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Thats spindle turning isnt it ---- between centres :?:?

Cheers

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Originally Posted by artme

So, can we expect plenty of wonky pieces in the near future?:D

Strange thing - an eccentric chuck that runs off centre!

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the answer to that would be to get a lathe that runs off center, then the chuck would run true :doh:

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Originally Posted by Ed Reiss

the answer to that would be to get a lathe that runs off center, then the chuck would run true

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Question for Ed this one was made by Vicmark do you know if Technatool make a similar one:q:q:q:p:p:D:D:doh:(wobbly chuck)

cheers

I know where you can get three of 'em really cheap David:;:roll: