I use both the Supanova and Vicmarc chucks and find them both excellent,
although to tighten the Supanova you will be turning the chuck key
anti-clockwise to tighten it and that may feel odd. Another excellent chuck
would be the Versachuck available from the Toolpost www.toolpost.co.uk .
The beauty of that one is that you can buy carrier jaws for fitting jaws
from other manufacturers. It is also a very solid substantial chuck that is
well built. I hope these notes will be of help. Good chucks aren't cheap,
but will be long lasting and accurate in their workholding.

Charlie

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"brian white" wrote in message
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As a relative noob to woodturning ( I acquired my first lathe 3 Months
ago ) I feel that I am now restricted in my creations for the lack of a
chuck. I have made all kinds of Jam chucks, fixing to the headstock with
turned morse Tapers. but its hard going !. Looking through the Polewood
Cataloge There is a choice of the Patriot, SuperNova2, Fox FX4000, and
others. Yes of course I would probably like the most expensive, ( Patriot
@£126 ) or the SuperNova @ £114.00 , are these chucks that much better
than the Fox FX4000 @ 68.83 ( including delivery ! ). for which, for the
same amount of cash as a Patriot I could also get a couple of sets of Jaws

What would you "seasoned" ! woodturners recommend ? Price of course is
always an issue.


many thanks in advance, and happy turning


One thing I have learnt in my 3 months of turning - Ride the Bevel, or
Sup with the Devil. :-)