eHow launches Android app: Get the best of eHow on the go.
Intro to Woodturning
Woodworking Lathes
Woodturning Lathe Components
Woodturning Safety
Woodturning Dust Collection
Woodturning Drive Centers
Woodturning Face Plates
Woodturning Scroll Chucks
Woodturning Tail Centers
Woodturning Roughing Gouge
Woodturning Skew Chisel
Woodturning Spindle Gouges
Woodturning Bowl Gouges
Woodturning Parting Tools
Woodturning Scrapers
Woodturning Specialty Tools
Summary: Scroll chucks are used as an alternative to face plates. Learn how to use a scroll chuck from a woodturning expert in this free crafts video.
Lou Zabohonski Jr. was introduced to woodturning 25 years ago when he took an introductory class for a 5-in-1 machine his wife encouraged him to buy. For the next 20 years, he...read more
"An alternative to face plates and drive center for holding your work and driving it are what they call a four jaw scroll chuck. What these chucks do is contract or expand all 4 jaws at one time. This particular model works through the use of a single key. A similar model, this one works off a system of pins where you put the 2 levers in and by holding one and moving the other you can open and contract the jaws. The advantage of these systems are that the jaws are interchangeable. You can go from working with a jaw as small as these up to putting on a face plate. These are called a coal type jaw for holding bowls. This type jaw is used for holding long items up to a foot long without support on the lathe and you also have a set of jaws here that will hold a number of different types of diameters of wood."
eHow Article: Woodturning Scroll Chucks
Copyright © 1999-2009 eHow, Inc. Use of this web site constitutes acceptance of the eHow Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. en-US Portions of this page are modifications based on work created and shared by Google and used according to terms described in the Creative Commons 3.0 Attribution License.
