Longworth Chuck

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This is a Longworth Chuck. It works by centrifugal force to hold pieces on a wood lathe. There is a traditionally made one here http://bit.ly/1YpnUSK with better description of what they are used for. All of the fixings are M6 with the axel in the middle countersunk. This is the early stages, and I would eventually cover the cheese head machine screws with rubber, or find another fitting. Print Settings Printer: Chinese 80W laser cutter Rafts: No Supports: No Notes: This was cut from 5mm MDF with an 80W Chinese Co2 laser cutter. It will depend on your laser cutting settings. When I imported the Adobe Illustrator files (.ai) into our laser cutting software (lasercut 5.3) it made proprietary configuration files and the .ecp files. If you are not using lasercut 5.3, please import the illustrator files and adjust your setting through testing. Post-Printing A lock nut is essential on the axle so it keeps some tension, but does not come undone when the lathe is on. The 4 protruding machine screws are to attach to a faceplate (65mm centre to centre)