Rotary Attachment - Rollers or Chuck?

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Maybe you can adapt this for your needs

Cheap & Easy Roller Rotary

Here is another rotary that is easy and cheap to make. Everything is easy to find and inexpensive. The most expensive item will be the stepper motor. I’ve attached pictures of the roller, screen spline and of it in the process of making a mug. Also attached are the LightBurn files. [Mug] [R100] [R101] [R201] [Roller Rubber] I wanted to make it so anyone could build it, even with a less powerful diode laser. With that in mind, everything is made out of two layers of 3mm MDF. The small 2mm …

I recall someone posted a wood self-locking chuck …

Here it is:

Temporary 3 Jaw Chuck

I have 250 flashlights to put a logo on, but because my other rotary is being used to make a whole-lotta political style mugs (thank you Mr. Trump from a greedy old Canadian), I needed to make something so I didn’t interrupt my current projects. I decided on a longworth chuck. They are very easy to make. This one is made of things I had sitting around: MDF, 8-32 bolts (same size as M4), wingnuts, plastic spacers, surgical tube and rivet nuts. The rivet nuts make it easier for the bolts to slid…

If you want something stronger you can use a NEMA23 and an external driver.

The forum has everything.