Could anyone please have a link,we’re I can buy,a chuck holding revolving steb Center,I want to practice the Skew Chisel,just incase I get a lot of catches, so, with the steb centre,it’s a safety feature,Sorby does it be ,but it’s very expensive,£60-70, I have MT2 live centers,but ,when I place it into the head stock,it’s not revolving at the speed of the motor,so if I place a chuck holding revolving steb centre,the spindle will rotate at maximum speed,If anyone has any ideas how I can secure the MT2 live steb centre,it would be greatly appreciated,if you can help me out.
Chuck holding Steb Center
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Dave Brookes
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Chronos do an MT2 taper one to fit in the headstock £13.75
Dave
Dave
Thanks Kindly, it’s the steb centre that fits onto a chuck,like the image below
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Inspector
Nyuck, Nyuck, Nyuck!
Around here our club praise safe drives for spindle turning. There are no teeth or spurs to tear out the end of the wood when there is a catch. Basically it is the old dead centres you would have used with some wax in the tailstock when turning spindles placed in the headstock. It's what I have.
https://oneway.ca/index.php?route=product/category&path=59_75_107_121
Pete
https://oneway.ca/index.php?route=product/category&path=59_75_107_121
Pete
Thanks Kindly,Is there a uk supplier of the said product
niall Y
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I use a matching 2MT ring centre and drive. If the work slips after a catch you simply apply more pressure to get the work revolving again. Steb centres always seem overpriced for what they are - which is a ring centre with a serrated edge.
The set I have is from Axminster Tools.
The set I have is from Axminster Tools.
Inspector
Nyuck, Nyuck, Nyuck!
Probably but you are in a better position to search them out than I.
I did find these sets of centres for cheap and there is a live (bearing) and ring centre (what I grew up knowing as a dead centre) that will cover both ends of the spindle. There must be other sources of similar products.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/ArtisanSho...refix=wood+turning+cup+centre,aps,229&sr=8-33
Pete
SVB
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Search ring centres - axmister sell them and a dead centre / live centre combo is excellent.
Stigmorgan
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Robbo3
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I hold all my drive centres in a chuck. You don't need a special one.
Yorkieguy
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The O.P. seems to feel that he needs a chuck in the headstock of the lathe to use a Steb centre or a cheaper equivalent.
Clearly he doesn't.
His headstock and tailstock are both 2MT, so all he needs is a fixed drive centre in the headstock, such as this one from Stig's link:
https://www.rdgtools.co.uk/acatalog/2MT-CROWN-DRIVE-CENTRE-5-8--DIAMETER-63548.html
And a live ring drive in the tailstock such as the one at the link below which will firmly hold that end of the spindle without having to force the point into that end of the spindle:
https://www.rdgtools.co.uk/acatalog/2MT-RING-DRIVE-CENTRE--1622656648.html
The 'Steb centre' is named after its inventor, Gerry Stebbins. It crops up on the forum from time to time, for example, in this link:
https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/thread...s when trying to,filing teeth around the ring!
Absolutely.
In fact, if safety is the concern, far better not to have the mass and added diameter of a chuck spinning around.
A "dead" steb centre that does not incorporate any bearing fitted straight into the spindle taper is the way to go.
gregmcateer
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Troy,
If the mt2 drive isn't spinning correctly, it might be a bit dirty. try giving the hollow centre a really good clean - I use an old tooth brush.
If the mt2 drive isn't spinning correctly, it might be a bit dirty. try giving the hollow centre a really good clean - I use an old tooth brush.
gregmcateer
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