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Cameron Johnson
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I purchased a longworth chuck (I know, I could have built one but it was well worth it). It came with a packet containing four quarter inch bolts and four short flat head screws. It is obvious what the bolts are for, but not the screws. I guess I could screw the bottom plate to a bench on top of my "stomper". But I imagine that glue will get into the slots during use so it will need to be rinsed off between uses to keep the slots clean....so why the screws? Also.... the bolts by themselves leave a lot of slop. So I'll probably need to add some knobs on top of them. One possibility would be a 3/4 dowel with a hole in the middle and a 1/4 nylock nut epoxied in place (so that it leaves clearance for the plates to turn). Some other chuck videos talk about using a #4 rubber stopper. But those are typically for thru bolt systems with wingnuts on the backside. I could just use longer bolts and the nylock nuts on top but the nuts are hex and it wouldn't center as well (the knobs need to be round). Knobs for drawers tend to be #10 not 1/4 but I guess I could drill them out and retap. Any suggestions for some threaded post that I can lock and still leave clearance for the plates to turn? I'm sure others have probably found some commercially available solution.