Well, that`s sorted out now !

I went to the Woodwork Exhibition at Alexandria Palace Yesterday, took the
plunge and purchased the Robert Sorby Patriot chuck [
http://www.robert-sorby.co.uk/ ] and a couple of sets of jaws " to get me
going " !.

Without putting it on the Lathe yet, I can see it is a nicely engineered
piece of gear. The action is silky smooth, and there is no play in the jaws
whatever. All the jaws are matched so there is no number matching needed,
and it came with a nice T-handled ball wrench. One slight "drawback" , that
probably will never bother me, is the lack of any form of indexing on the
chuck.

I also picked up a few blanks at the show ( Yew, Camphor, Purpleheart and a
nice piece of Ebony, so I can`t wait to get down the shed and give it a
whirl, - have wood, will turn !

All the best n many thanks for all the info etc !

Have fun, be safe

Brian.