How Many Chucks Would A Woodchuck Chuck?

RE: How Many Chucks Would A Woodchuck Chuck?

DAB — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 19:48:44 GMT

If I dig into my stash I can probably find as many different chucks.

It seems like every new tool I find has its own style an size.

Clearly the price of brass is down.

RE: How Many Chucks Would A Woodchuck Chuck?

kmikemoo — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 04:04:19 GMT

[mention:193ac2434c814a24b46635a2210baec1:e9ed411860ed4f2ba0265705b8793d05] Great question.

My favorite chuck is similar to the third one you showed. I like using it for starter holes. Power off, but manual on/in. I can ruin stuff really fast with a powered tool.

My "go to" knife is the slightly larger exacto knife with a metal handle (maybe a cm in diameter). After that, I go for my pocket knife.

I only have the standard small crafting glue gun, but I have a stack of index cards that I use as disposable place mats. I also have a small bench with a slot in that holds the glue gun upside-down for when I'm letting it cool or not using it. The index cards and the inverted stand... worth having.

Finally, you have a few taps. My tap set is from Harbor Freight. It's fine for plastic. It rarely survives metal. My kit is slowly getting upgraded - one broken tap at a time. I also managed to break the tap handle. Again, slow upgrades. I have looked seriously at mini lathes and milling machines, but fine work is not in my repertoire right now.

RE: How Many Chucks Would A Woodchuck Chuck?

shabaz — Wed, 03 Jan 2024 02:05:56 GMT

That's quite a set!

They are known as pin vices this side of the pond, and possibly have collets instead of chucks sometimes. I only have a few : (

For the taps, the horizontal bar becomes useful on metal, partly for the torqueness, but also for the perpendicularity and angle-count (for hand taps). It's easier to keep it straight when there is a long horizontal bar. I use the one in the photo below (for plastic, if it's not going in deep, it's probably less chance of snapping the tap without the long horizontal bar):

(battery shown for size comparison. This tap holder length looks extreme, but this is for small taps (e.g. 2mm or 3mm diameter), and the long length makes it easier to eyeball it straight during turning, plus to count the angle turned.

The blue one on the right is not important, it's just there to show the opposite, i.e. a die holder for making threads.

RE: How Many Chucks Would A Woodchuck Chuck?

genebren — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 17:06:40 GMT

On the mini chuck side of things, I don't quite have nearly the depth in my collection as yours. I do have a container to hold them along with my exacto and scalpel handles and blades.

But when I move out to my lathes and mills, I have a pretty extensive collection of chucks, include 3" and 4" lathe chucks (both 3 and 4 jaws), several drill chucks and other part/tool holders.

When it comes to favorites, the black drill chuck (along side of my blue scalpel) is a recent addition to my collection and is currently my go to drill bit holder. On the utility knives, the above holder is again, just a small part of the collection. Thanks to my son, I now have several safety box cutters and other cutters that he receives as samples from one of the vendors that he works with.

Glue guns, not so much. I have one or two around that my daughter left when she headed out to college and her career, but I don't find many needs for them.

RE: How Many Chucks Would A Woodchuck Chuck?

beacon_dave — Tue, 02 Jan 2024 14:53:00 GMT

That's a nice looking collection.

I think I've currently only got tap lever mini chucks, unless you count Dremel type chucks.

I'd quite like a micro lathe however and that would be an excellent excuse to accumulate more chucks.