Chuck for pepper mills?

[MajBob]

Greetings, all,

I am thinking of trying my hand at pepper mills for christmas presents. What chuck would you recommend / suggest I get to do so? I have a Harbor Freight 5 Speed Bench Top Wood Lathe that I use to turn pens with - it has 18" between centers - that I would like to use. All thoughts are welcome. Thanks

Bob Hendry

 

[gimpy]

I have a talon chuck. I use it on my Jet 1642. I do peppermills and I start with blanks the are 3 - 3 1/2 square. I turn that down between center till I get it round and then I put a tenon on each end...make sure the tenon is small enough to fit your chuck.

 

[The Penguin]

I recently made a peppermill on my a midi lathe at my local club.

you'll likely need a bed extension if you plan on doing the drilling of it on the lathe.

 

[nava1uni]

I made jam chucks to turn mine. I used a caliper to measure the size each end and them made a jam chuck to fit and it worked fine. One set for the top and one for the bottom. Made them out of maple since it is real stable and I reuse over and over. Johnny CNC also sells a set for one kind of mechanism, not the ceramic.