Copper soft jaw faces for lathe chuck

I needed some soft jaws for my lathe and after seeing homeengineer's aluminum jaws:

http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/a...029#post106174

I decided to make some for two of my chucks. The first set was for the 3 jaw and has an added plate
to protect the back of the part you are turning. Takes a bit more work but the added protection is worth it
for some projects:
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Then on to the easy type. Just take some measurements and transfer them to paper. No measuring tools required, just use one of the jaws:
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Cut them out from copper sheet:
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Start the bending process:
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Then I always save a small poster board template for next time, and there will be a next time.

Cheers, JR

Hi JR
great idea to make the template. I will do the samething next time.
The Home Engineer

Thanks Andy, the template is from my background in model aircraft. Multiple ribs etc require a simple template since so many are made and
it is easy to just trace around the original. Same with broken parts. Just glue them together and make a template for laying out a new one.

Cheers, JR

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To JJR2001,
Are you the owner of JR RC Radios INC. for model aircraft? Just curious.

No Owen, no relation at all. I did fly a lot of RC a few years back but I used Futaba Radios.
Never had any malfunctions in over 10 years of use with 2 transmitters and 6 receivers.
Great Quality.

Back in the day '80s JR was a good brand of RC radio equipment but I never used them either.

Now a days I do all my flying on the PC and in the shop with my mill and lathe!
Cheers, JR