21-06-2012, 03:55 PM
David,
I read the previous links about making a vacuum chuck - fascinating.
It wouldn't be too difficult to hack the chuck out of a solid block of Aluminium and thread it to fit a particular lathe. However, bigish chunks of Aluminium don't come cheap, as Rob will verify.
Alan
I read the previous links about making a vacuum chuck - fascinating.
It wouldn't be too difficult to hack the chuck out of a solid block of Aluminium and thread it to fit a particular lathe. However, bigish chunks of Aluminium don't come cheap, as Rob will verify.
Alan
