Aluminium soft jaws for the four-jaw chuck

[Paul Jones]

Thank you for the posting thehomeengineer,

I like your series of photos. easy to understand to method.

I agree that using any "soft" jaw coverings made from aluminum, copper or yet another soft metal material in three, four or six jaw is a great way to protect your work and very important for secondary and beyond operations when preserving surface finish is a important.

Your method of bending-over the "upper tabs" to hold the jaw covers in place makes using these covers so much easier than just using just flattened copper tubing for jaw covering protections.

Regards,

Paul