On 24 Jan 2006 10:52:33 -0800, "massmans" wrote:

I am relative newbie and have been monitoring the group for a couple of
months.

I have a Jet JWL-1236 lathe and at the point of wanting to buy a new
chuck. I have looked around on various sites and seen the Nova,
Oneway, and Vicmarc chucks. They all seem great but pricey for a
newbie.

Does anyone have any experience with this brand of chuck? For the same
cost as one of the other makers body alone it seems like a good deal.

http://www.woodturnerscatalog.com/cg...n&key=454-0100

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Can't be objective because the Talon is the only one I've used, but I like it so
much that I bought another one a year later.. have one on the Jet mini and one
on the Jet 1442, so I have ya bracketed.. lol

I really like the chuck and the folks at Oneway... bad news, you can't order
over the web... good news, you call a tool free number and a real person answers
and takes your order, answers your questions, etc...

I'm very happy with the chuck(s) and surprised that i haven't managed to break
one, as much as I use and abuse them..

I've added the spigot jaws, which I don't really use that much, and the jumbo
jaws, which are great and I wish that I'd of bought them when I got the chuck!
Mac
https://home.comcast.net/~mac.davis/wood_stuff.htm