Lyn,

I agree that Nova's chucks have improved as I have a supernova & got a
Titan earlier in the year. However, Not sure that you're aware a
design design "mistake" on nova chucks is that they do not have a
m33x3.5 insert available for the Oneway spindle thread, (mistake being
that this has become a popular lathe, and Nova is losing a part of the
market on chucks & jaws) although my understanding is that one can
special order a dedicated threaded chuck (no insert) for the Oneway
lathe, from Nova...Not the way I want to go. One more design flaw with
Nova is (and I am not alone on this), the "backwards tightening" of
the Nova chucks, although I have gotten used to it, I feel it a lousy
idea, if one uses other chucks besides nova chucks, (takes away the
developed "habit" if using different brand chucks. the only real plus
with nova, (and I feel it's a big plus) is that the jaws can be
interchanged between the supernova & titan, Kudos to Nova for that!
but, I'm getting a Oneway lathe soon and my nova chucks will be
useless to me. I would keep my Nova's for the plus of the jaw
interchangability, but will not fit my new lathe so I'm SOL. and yes,
I'm aware that I can get a spindle adaptor(reducer) for the Oneway
spindle, But I feel you are just adding to imperfecting your lathe &
turnings by putting such a spindle extention on any lathe, especially
if that were to be a permanant setup.

Thank You

Bud

"Lyn J. Mangiameli" wrote in message link.net...
To my knowledge, only Oneway and Teknatool provide chuck inserts with a
locking screw that will ride in a matching spindle groove. On both
chucks the location for the spindle locking screw is the same, so they
each fit the same grooves found on the Oneway lathes and the more recent
versions of the Teknatool lathes.

Just an aside about Jim's speculation. The Oneway taperlock spindle
adapters are unique to the Oneway products (chucks, vacuum chucks, and
some faceplates), and can not be retrofitted to other brands of chucks.

Though you didn't mention it, I'd suggest you not count out the new
Supernova 2 and Titan chucks from Teknatool. They are a third generation
design and a significant advancement from their earlier chucks (which,
if you don't know, were ground breaking for their day, as Teknatool was
the very first to develop a 4 jaw scroll chuck for woodworking).

Lyn

Bud wrote:

I have heard many peeps say good things about both the Vicmark &
Axminster chucks, being of superb quality, I have not seen either of
these chucks & was curious to know if either of these chucks have a
locking spindle set-screw, as on the Oneway chucks.


Thanks

Bud