Looking for tool/jig?

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Fred in NC

>What lathe and spindle size do you have ? For a Jet Mini, and any lathe that uses the very common 1" x 8 tpi thread, all you need is a rod or bolt with that size thread on it. The local harware stores don't usually carry it, but the farm/tractor supply houses do. You can build a base for it, or drill a 1" hole in a piece of 2x4 that can be held in a vise.

I have seen something like that, and if my memory serves me correctly, it was part of an ornamental turning setup, and very expensive.

Hope this helps.

Is this the URL Donna?

Michael Stadulis, in Gloucester County, NJ

>http://www.store.yahoo.com/bestwoodtools/arcaandfipo.html

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Karl in IA

>Try this site. Trent Bosch makes a product like you want.


http://www.trentbosch.com/

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Don Evans

>Hi Donna:

It sounds like the Horz/vertical vise that was sold at one time by Woodcraft. I don't think they carry it anymore. LV may also carry it. They were expensive and came to woodworking from the gunsmith trade. Brownells, the gunsmith supplier still has them but they are even more expensive $200.00 there.

There are alternatives as you can make a good one yourself and I think that is why they didn't go over well in the woodworking arena, we are more inventive and too cheap I guess.

If you are interested, I'll send you the how to for my way of doing this for about $35.00 or so.

Do you have a metal workers bench vise?

Don

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Donna Banfield

>Thanks Don. That sounds like what I had previously seen. As I recall, it wasn't cheap, either. We (my husband and I) have a couple of bench vises. Will that be sufficient?

If what I want can be made for 1/10th of the cost of the vise, I'm all for it. I just want something that I can use to still hold my turning, preferably while still in the chuck jaws, while I do some carving, etc. If it can move around like on a 'ball' that's even better. Is it possible to make something like that? Sort of like the vises/clamps that the woodcarvers use to hold their work.

Thanks to all who responded. Glad to know that what I thought I saw wasn't a figment of a sleep-deprived imagination.

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Donna Banfield

>Hi Don - just talked with the other half, and discovered we DO have a metal bench vise. I would really appreciate if you could forward your plans.

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Dick Hines

>Donna, I do inlays it the rims of bowls and I too need somethinf to hold the chuck while I inlayed wire around the rim. Go to the "box" store and get you a dawl rod the same size as your tool rest post. If you can't get one the right size just turn it down until it fits. Then turn the other end of the rod for a tight fit in the chuck. Then all you ahve to do is screw the chuck on to the dawl and you are god to go.

Of course if you want to hold the chuck at an angle you will have to spend more cash.

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Ken Grunke

>Sounds like the simplest thing you need is pretty easy to make.

Just a short piece of threaded rod to match your spindle, say 3/4" to 1" long, with a hole drilled through the middle.

All you do is screw it to a block of wood through the middle hole. That block of wood can be any shape you need, for example, with another block of wood screwed edgewise into the bottom so you can clamp it in a swiveling vise.

I can make one for you if you have a 1" x 8 tpi spindle, I have some 1 x 8 rod laying around. It would be easy to make and not expensive.


Custom Tooling for Woodturners

Like this?

Phil Joines, Krum, Tx

>This vise was described in one of the carving mags a couple of years ago.

The main body consists of a floor flange, 4� nipple and T of 1� pipe and a couple of reducer bushings to get the bore down to 1/2".

The clamp is a section of �� all thread with a piece of 5/16 rod welded on. The clamp would work better with a piece of flat stock drilled to fit the work piece holder. The rod opens up if the nut is tightened too much. The all thread is several inches longer than it needs to be.

The work support is a �� floor flange and 5� pipe.

To use this with a chuck replace the work holder with a piece of 5/8� round bar and the adapter for your chuck that fits a Shopsmith (5/8 plain shaft).

We have a chuck adapter but it's in SWMBOs work area and I don't dare disturb any thing looking for it :>)

BTW I will sell one of these to retired CEO�s for a mere $56,854.667

The clamp rod

Phil Joines, Krum, Tx

>I made a mistake in the price. It should have been 666 cents.

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John Lucas

>Donnna

Try www.bestwoodtools.com They have a carving tool that lets you put your faceplate/chuck etc directly on the tool. It will mount in your lathe banjo or on your workbench. I love mine but have barely begun to use all the possibilities.

John

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Donna Banfield

>That's It!!! Thank you John. That's what I remember seeing - an articulating tools that allowed the chuck and piece to rotate around freely while you work on it. Thank you!!!

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Don Evans

>Hey Donna:

The one on Best Woods is like the one I made.

You can make it yourself if inclined just by looking at the picture of it.

Just make sure and order cold roll rod the correct diameter for your banjo.

I use mine in bench vise also.

Don