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Summary: Calipers are used to measure the tenon or foot of a bowl turned on the lathe. Learn how to measure the tenon or dovetail on a bowl to make sure it will fit in the jaw scroll chuck in this free woodturning video.
Donna Zils Banfield has been woodturning full-time since 2004. Her work includes architectural reproduction for older home restoration, teaching woodturning at local woodworking...read more
"In this clip we are almost ready to finish the roughing out of the exterior and I want to make sure that my tenon or my foot is the right size to fit in my four jaw scroll chuck so to measure I'm going to use my calipers and I'm going to put one end of the calipers on the tenon and make sure that they slide freely and then I'm going to come over here to my four jaw chuck and on the other end I'm going to put these inside my jaws and I can see that they will fit because my jaws will get smaller or larger if I needed to."
eHow Article: Measuring a Tenon for the Jaw Scroll Chuck: Woodturning Techniques
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