Don Sforza said:

So I'm thinking either a Oneway Talon with the extra set of small jaws or
the SuperNova. I currently have a Jet Mini, but will be looking to upgrade
in the next year. Prices seem comparable, but I'm looking for some of that
peer to peer banter of the relative merits of each.

I use a SuperNova II. It took me a while to pry nearly as much from
my wallet for a chuck as for the lathe itself. But it holds very
well, and like the Talon, is upgradable for new lathe acquisitions.
It comes with a chuck mountable woodworm screw, and I like the
improved, quicker acting jaw mech which uses a single T-handled ball
head hex wrench. Teknitool has an extremely broad selection of jaws
available.

The number of available jaw-sets and their slight price advantage were
factors that finally sold me on the SuperNova II. I understand that
it will also allow use of many Oneway jaws with a slight modification.

FWIW,


Greg G.