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Woodworking Techniques - Mounting Methods for wood turning
The methods of mounting a blank for faceplate turning far outnumber the techniques used to produce the pieces themselves. The traditional workholding device, the faceplate, is still popular for securing the top of a bowl to turn the bottom; screws are driven into wood that will be hollowed out later to form the mouth of the vessel. Rather than driving screws into your blank, you can use a faceplate for mounting with a glue block, a paper joint , or double-sided tape. Once the turning is finished, the workpiece is pried, sawn, or parted off the auxiliary block-or, in the case of double-sided tape, the faceplate. In general, yellow glue should be used with glue blocks except when you are turning green wood, for which gap-filling cyanoacrylate adhesive is the best choice.
The alternative to a faceplate is a chuck, and the number of commercial models available to wood turners has increased in recent years. Most standard chucking methods are shown in the following pages. The scroll chuck,which uses three or four contracting or expanding jaws to clamp stock, is a prime example. It is quick and easy to use and the jaws leave no visible marks on the workpiece. In addition, some models can 6e fitted with rubber posts for holding the rim of a nearly finished bowl so the bottom can be turned. However, the spinning jaws represent a two-fold danger. First, ifyou get too close, they can inflict a serious wound. Second, and most important, if you over-expand the jaws, they can come loose and fly away from the tool, causing injury.
If you use a chuck, read the owner's manualcarefully and follow allthe safety precautions, particularly those regarding the size of the workpiece and the chuck capacity. Commercial chucks can also be expensive. The shop-made example shown on Woodworking Plans Website pages is handy and costs almost nothins to build. Other traditional wooden chuck designs can be made just as easily and tailored for your work.
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