home made vacuum chuck cheap and works great.

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Just a face plate with 12mm ply screwed to it cut to round hole drilled in the middle then craft foam from hobby
craft glued to it Frankie.

 

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Here is a sample waste bend made up with the caster fitted

 

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Have a look Gizmo.

 

[Grump]

I must put this higher on my todo list, still don't done one init?

 

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Brian i have apart done one all you need is to turn the wooden head stock insert with o ring and make the face plate if you want the white one in the thread with the bearing just let me know and its yours Frankie.

 

[Grump]

That's very nice of you Frankie, it would be rude to refuse init?
Thank you young man.

 

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Ok Brian pm me you address .

 

[Buckeye]

That's very nice of you Frankie, it would be rude to refuse init?
Thank you young man.

You are one lucky bunny

Peter

 

[Gizmo3k]

Thanks for the link!

I will have a think about this, the only problem I have is if I am using the vac to hold the bowl on, what do I use to suck up the dust?

Really must get some sort of extraction in!

 

[Bill Mooney]

I made a vacuum chuck a while ago with a removable bearing so I could use the knock out bar through the spindle. I also made a faceplate chuck like frankies.
I like Frankies chuck system because of its simplicity. Well done Frankie. Obviously like me you like to experiment, it's great fun seeing your efforts work out.
Hopefully this link will take you to my system.

From Coffee Jar to Vacuum Chuck - Woodworkers Institute - Forums

 

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Nice one Bill my lathe is a jet and the headstock
spindle is one piece so no need for a tube but if I needed to
I could adapt it thanks for sharing it.