Soft Jaws making and using

For many years I managed my metalworking activities without having soft jaws for my three jaw chuck. However, the subject of soft jaws was raised by readers of the Model Engineers' Workshop and I decided it would be a good subject for the magazine.

Realising that many readers would have elderly chucks for which soft jaws would no longer be available, or of unknown origin, I decided that making them should also be part of the article. Having then made them and put them to use, for the article, I soon wondered why I had attempted to manage without them for so many years as they do make many difficult tasks easy and/or with a more accurate result being achieved.

My method for making soft jaws is on this video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNbvf2Xdcnc

Also, there is an article on my website showing some of their uses. This is at Using Soft Jaws in the 3 Jaw Chuck

Harold Hall

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Thank you DIYer
Harold