3-D Printed Vacuum Chucks for the Lathe - Low Cost Vacuum Chucks for the Lathe
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- This video will describe the design, production and testing of a series of 3-D printed vacuum chucks for the wood lathe. The vacuum chuck is a two piece assembly that was designed using the Fusion 360 software which I will describe in this video.
This video is a follow-up to my previous videos on the production of segmented wood eggs. In order to finish the second side of the eggs, I needed to use a vacuum chuck. I therefore designed a vacuum chuck for my lathe that was produced using a 3-D printer.
The two parts to these vacuum chucks are the main body of the vacuum chuck which will be produced using PLA plastic filament material and a separate vacuum seal which was printed out using TPE filament material.
After the vacuum chuck components were designed, they were then printed out using by Bambu 3-D printer. I will describe the printing parameters that were used to 3-D print these two components.
Would it be possible to get your STL files for your Vacuum Chucks?
I made a significant number of drawings on the vacuum chucks and I had to modify the drawings several times to print out accurately on my 3-D printer. I am not confident that my drawings will fit your system and 3-D printer. i recommend that you create your own drawings and tweek them it to accurately print out with your 3-D printer. .
Nice setup. I will definitely design and print my own chucks. Can you tell us where you got the rotary adapter for the head stock?
I bought the rotating tailstock adaptor about 10 years ago. Apparently it is no longer available since I was not able to find any source for this item when I did an internet search. I will be working on designing and machining these units in the near future since I have had several requests for them. I just finished designing a prototype which I 3-D printed to check out my design. As soon as I can find some time, I will do an initial test by machining one out of aluminum.
The rotating tailstock is now available on our website. The link to this item is listed in the "What's New" section on our web site home page.
www.accu-slice.com
Thanks for the update on the vacuum chuck! On your tail stock with the free spinning chuck where did you find that spindle with a 1 1/4” thread all I can find is a 1”x8 threads per inch? Thanks you John for sharing!
I did search the web and I could not find a rotating live center 1.25 x 8 tpi unit like I have. I also saw on the web that many others are looking for this item. It seems like it should be readily available, but i could not find it.
I am not sure where I got it. I added to my system about 10 years ago. I thought that I bought it from Nova, but I could not find it on their web site. What Nova does have is a live center kit which I found on the Nova web site.
NOVA LATHE ACCESSORY 2MT LIVE CENTER SYSTEM (SKU 5015 AND 71074)
and then I found a Nova 1.25 x 8 tpi Tailstock Chuck Adaptor which I found on the Rockler web site. But I could not locate this on the Nova web site. Perhaps joining these two units will do the job, but it seems like an expensive way to go.
@@Accu-Slice Thanks for checking it out John! I’ll take a look at what you found!
The rotating tailstock is now available on our website. The link to this item is listed in the "What's New" section on our web site home page.
www.accu-slice.com
The rotating tailstock is now available on our website. The link to this item is listed in the "What's New" section on our web site home page.
www.accu-slice.com