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This video continues a series on eccentric turning in preparation for Valentine’s Day.

This time, I am using wood with colored layers and my Infinite Axis Chuck for a very usual effect. The wood comes from Frog Blanks. The Infinite Axis Chuck is shop-made. I will show how to build the chuck next week.

The Infinite Axis Chuck works in harmony with another shop-made chuck based on “Build A Shopmade Chuck For Offset Turnings” by David Mueller. American Woodturner February 2015. I have adapted this chuck to have exchangeable work platforms that interchange with the Infinite Axis Chuck that I designed. The eccentric chuck article is available to read or download from https://kawarthawoodturners.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Shopmade-Jig-AW3001p35-40.pdf
courtesy of Kawartha Woodturners.

When using the Infinite Axis chuck, the turning axes are NOT parallel. In space, they may never meet. They almost meet the definition of a skew axis.

Turning went much easier with a couple more accessories:

• 2 screw chucks (3/8″) for direct mount of the work platform to the lathe spindle.
• Flat faced faceplate sized for target diameter also used to press double sided tape bonding.
• Live center with #2 Morse taper and 1 1/4 x 8 tpi.
• Spindle adapter 1″x8 tpi female to 1.25″x8tpi male to adapt the live center from 1″ to 1.25″

Enjoy!