I recently acquired a set of the large (12 inch or 300mm) cole jaws for a Nova chuck, and as I do with new tools, I built a storage box for the jaws and chuck, as well as the associated accessories.
The box is dovetailed pine construction with quarter inch plywood top and bottom and holds the jaws on the chuck, and has places to hold the jaw extensions which I bought with the jaws (allowing it to hold a bowl up to 15 inches in diameter.
The lid is hinged with a piano hinge, and has a small latch to hold it shut, and the box is finished with French Toast milk paint and a coat of tung oil.
Nice storage box keeping all associate components together. My impression of the parts is that they're pretty heavy, will a quarter inch bottom hold them?
Duck, I figure it’s “dovetail practice.” And yeah, sometimes it seems that way, but I’m slowly getting some order in the chaos that’s my shop, so…
Tom, everything but the chuck is aluminum, so the 7 layer quarter inch ply I found will probably do the trick. Not sure where I got that, but I should find some more. It’s good stuff.
Thanks, Mike! My sweetie keeps every manual she’s ever had, whereas I used to throw them all away, but I figure it’s not much extra effort to keep the manual with the tool, and if nothing else, it has the warranty information in case something should break.
