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Hi Jeroen and All, How is Sao Paulo, I was there some fifty years ago when serving in the navy. As for holding the blanks in the jig, you could drill and tap a hole at the side of the slot and then use a small finger clamp, or in my case I used a small toolmakers clamp. Greetings...

Hi Jeroen and All, Sorry I posted the wrong pic, this one now shows the part finished hand wheels. Making the jaws, I first made a simple jig from a scrap piece of 2" x 1/2" mild steel (see sketch) to hold each blank in turn ( I am sure Stuart's provide a legnth of 3/16" x 1/2" steel...

Hi Jereon and All, Many thanks for your kind comments, your idea for making the 4-jaw chuck are very much the same as Antony Mount's, please take a look at the drawing. I have put up a few pics of the 4-jaw that I made to the Stuart design. Sorry but I don't have any photos of the...

Hi All, The photo is of the Stuart Engineering Lathe that I made about six years ago when Stuart first put the castings on the market. The other two photos show how I machined the bed suports on the lathe. The 4-jaw chuck was a nightmare to make, in fact I made four before geting it right...