I have greatly improved not only the process but the speed at cutting Longworth chucks so I thought I'd do another video. When I first cut these chucks they were taking about 16 minutes per disc followed by 5 minutes or more per disc of hand sanding the edges to clean off the tabs and to round the edge. Occasionally the Baltic Birch would chip where I cut a tab and that was frustrating.

Anyway, it's now a fairly refined and efficient process for a small home workshop. It could be improved upon but for now it's working just fine. The tools for the entire process are circular saw to break down the BB, table saw, drill press, CNC, stationary belt sander, drum sander, and ROS.

Here's the video -

 

David

Edited October 29, 20196 yr by difalkner

Nice video, David. 

Wow I wish my lathe was large enough to need one of those.😀

I cut them all the way down to 8", Rusty.

 

David

Love the video! I need to get one for my lathe. Actually I need to find the lathe and turn something! 

Thanks, John! 

 

David