stem chuck
stem chuck
I made this the other week thanks for looking
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Re: stem chuck
Looks like Yankee ingenuity to me. Neat.
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Re: stem chuck
Good lookin piece of work, that could come in handy for alot of various procedures.
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That's really cool. I can see that being really handy if you work with a lot of pre-fab stems.
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from the picture it looks like the tenon is being cut off center? or is that just an illusion of some sort?
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That's the kicker with prefabs in my experience - the tenon isn't round and isn't centered, and if you use the outside of the blank as a guideline, who knows where the hell the airway will end up.
That's the only advantage of turning "between centers" - you wind up with the airway in the middle (but this often comes at the expense of drastically re-shaping the outside of the stem.
That's the only advantage of turning "between centers" - you wind up with the airway in the middle (but this often comes at the expense of drastically re-shaping the outside of the stem.
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Re: stem chuck
Very observant, the stem was just a prop for the pic
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Re: stem chuck
One of the many reasons to cut your own stems....Sasquatch wrote:That's the kicker with prefabs in my experience - the tenon isn't round and isn't centered, and if you use the outside of the blank as a guideline, who knows where the hell the airway will end up.
That's the only advantage of turning "between centers" - you wind up with the airway in the middle (but this often comes at the expense of drasticallyre-shaping the outside of the stem.
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Re: stem chuck
Very cool. I used to have a piece of rod with a slot and a pin. Sort of worked, but pre-molds are such a schlep!
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Here's my setup, suggested Paul Perri.
Machined cone in the end of aluminium bar stock, with a rubber chair leg cover slotted to prevent spinning of the stem. The cone always centers the bit end. Brilliantly simple, and it works extremely well.
I really like your chuck idea, as it would work well for repair work to drill and replace a snapped tenon. Incorporating a cone, centered at the bit end, perhaps even adjustable, would ensure centering of the stem. Just a thought.
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Machined cone in the end of aluminium bar stock, with a rubber chair leg cover slotted to prevent spinning of the stem. The cone always centers the bit end. Brilliantly simple, and it works extremely well.
I really like your chuck idea, as it would work well for repair work to drill and replace a snapped tenon. Incorporating a cone, centered at the bit end, perhaps even adjustable, would ensure centering of the stem. Just a thought.
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Re: stem chuck
And some West Coast ingenuity this time. As they say, necessity is the mother of invention.
Chas.
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Re: stem chuck
Just don't go greedy with your cuts - torsion will break a stem fixed like that in no time.