2 Jaw Pen Turning Chuck - Tool Time Tuesday

As often happens in the comments sectoin, I learn a lot from you fine folks. This is another example of that.
You can check out this chuck here: amzn.to/3r7tzT0
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#tooltimetuesday #knifemaking #lathe

[@robnhannon]

Funny seeing a tool I own on your channel for a change. I am not a knife maker but I dabble in metalworking. I found you channel a long time back looking for tips on sharpening and shaping cutting edges for wood turning. Now I am watching you use woodturning tools for knifemaking.

[@skyclone9]

Very cool for roughly center on square stock!
When i need to drill center in handles I use a four jaw chuck that works the same as a normal three jaw one. All four jaws move at the same time, not individually like four jaws usually do.

[@RedBeardOps]

Bro, that's awesome!

[@the_sharp_carpenter]

Oh hey, thanks so much for the shout out!! That's a great looking chuck for that purpose! Blocks being jointed square doesn't hurt anything 😁. Definitely want to add a lathe to the arsenal.

[@Simplelittlelife]

You betcha buddy! Sorry I forgot to add the link to your IG but it should be there now 👍

[@the_sharp_carpenter]

@@Simplelittlelife never a need to apologize!

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

Now I have to buy a damn lathe.
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[@Simplelittlelife]

Hahaha! Oops…😆👍

[@DownunderFarmandForge]

That certainly came in really close to centre, well measuring by across a screen, as you said parallel would be great and little work to true it up from there

[@nefariousyawn]

That's a clever tool. Thanks for sharing!

[@Simplelittlelife]

Thanks. I thought it was pretty cool when I learned about it too. You're welcome and Cheers👍

[@SchysCraftCo.]

Very nice video today. Very nicely explaining video. Can't wait to see more videos soon. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge on. Keep making. God bless.

[@Simplelittlelife]

Thank you so much! I really appreciate the kind words and support! Cheers!

[@SchysCraftCo.]

@@Simplelittlelife your very welcome sir. God bless.

[@jordanforgedironworks6123]

Great video, I really enjoyed it. Question: im 17 and ive been making knives for 3 years. I am ready to get a 2/72 belt grinder and i would like some advice on what is a good, cost effective, beginner knife grinder. love the videos. Thanks!

[@scottkozub2607]

Just when I thought i was done buying more crap for a while I visited Simple Little Life and Bam!. thanks Jer, the 4 jaw was a bit of a PIA.

[@Simplelittlelife]

Hahahaha, I always (kind of) feel bad showing some of this stuff because I don’t want to always encourage people to spend their money. But, it is saves time and money, it’s worth it in the long run. Cheers👍

[@johnwilliams242]

Just curious would you go straight to the 1/2 inch bit or start small and work up? Maybe eliminate the chance of the wood breaking?

[@PaulFontaniniArtist]

I do pen turning so I use one of them all the time.

[@brandon-phillips_author]

Agreed. Too many off-center bores and blow-outs with a press.

[@watermain48]

Been away for a good while. Looks like you're in a different shop than the last time I checked in.

[@Simplelittlelife]

Yeah I sure do. Much nicer (and warmer) than working in the old shipping container.

[@paulwheeler4893]

Hello. I can't find the final video for the Damascus folder knife. Can you help me out? Thanks, really enjoy your videos. 👍✌

[@JC-ir1yp]

Jeremy, any chance youll have any street scalpels available soon?

[@os6219]

Don’t have a lathe, only a drill press. Still struggling regularly with getting it straight!

[@brysonalden5414]

As you said, I will file this away for future reference. Thanks!

[@Simplelittlelife]

Right on 👍

[@jamesbrandon8520]

I haven’t watched the video yet I’m only 1.5 minutes in but a good way to do it on the drill press is to tack weld a center of sorts to something that you can clamp to the drill press table, put your drill in the chuck line the center up and put a center mark on the bottom of the handle and set it on the center jig you made and it will be perfect every time

[@Simplelittlelife]

Oh that's a good idea! Nice👍

[@jamesbrandon8520]

@@Simplelittlelife and if your tang tapers you just leave the bottom on the center and pivot the top to make how ever long of a slot that you need and you get a tapered blind hole

[@andrewhunt8259]

Where do you get a bench top like that? With grid

[@MrMarsBlades]

Nice, of course this will only work if you have spent time making sure the block is perfectly square, thanks Jezza

[@TheBigburcie]

It doesn't have to be perfectly square. Close to square is probably enough. If you blank has a big taper or bend, additional measures will have to be taken. I do pen work so I deal with imperfect blanks but as long as it's close to center and I have some margin of error for shaping, its just fine.

[@williamhoward8319]

1inch 8 tpi

[@Simplelittlelife]

Thank you! 👍

[@Loan--Wolf]

my lathe is a 1:8 tpi

[@Simplelittlelife]

Oh yeah, I think that is the one that is a standard. Thanks 👍

[@stanlong-rangepensionerman3363]

Great idea 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🥛

[@Simplelittlelife]

Thank you!

[@OhHeyTrevorFlowers]

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