Ron Brown's Best Longworth Chuck Type 2 Basic for 16 inch Wood Lathes

Description

Ron Brown's Best Longworth Chuck Type 2 is used for securely holding a bowl, plate, platter or hollow form in order to remove the tenon on the bottom of the vessel. Many turners cut a tenon in the bottom of the bowl blank in order to grip it in a four jaw chuck for most of the material removal both inside and out. You need a way to hold a nearly finished vessel in order to then turn the tenon away so the bottom of the vessel looks finished. The Longworth mode utilizes two 1/2" HDPE disks with opposing slots to move eight rubber button assemblies in or out to fit the vessel like the aperture on a camera. This design allows the buttons to move together in synchronization so the vessel always stays centered on the chuck. It is 100% made in America by a wood turner for woodturners.