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Fixed steady with roller ends on its fingers - an essential precaution on a version intended for woodturning which helped to minimise marking and burning of the workpiece. |
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Once a very common fitting on woodturning lathes - even less expensive ones - the indexing attachment has been a neglected accessory for many years. Its inclusion as standard equipment on the Sorby offered the chance to carry out all sorts of imaginative work on wood held between centres or on a faceplate. |
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The Robert Sorby Eccentric Chuck - made by themselves, not a third-part supplier - can be used not only in ordinary faceplate and screwchuck modes (above) but also with a hexagonal ball-and-socket driver (left) which allows the workpiece to be angled at up to 20 degrees away from the spindle axis. The versatility of the device is explained in a 12-page instruction manual.
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The Eccentric Chuck in use |
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