I did not know any better. When I started I did not want to spend $250.00 -
400.00 CAD to find out that I like woodturning or not. So, I bought an
economy chuck at $65.00 CAD.
I have used it for about 10-12 months. My comments are as follows:
1) The use of levers is awkward and it should be done with a single drive
Allen key instead.
2) When doing the inside of a 10" X 5" wet red oak a deeper tenon is
required. Re-tightening is often required with large and heavy wet blanks.
3) When finishing dried blanks the tenon left of the blanks before drying
have to be trued
and the anchorseal removed to provide an adequate concentric gripping
surface.
4) It weighs about 6 pounds!
5) It come in size of 1" X 8 TPI and 3/4" X 16 TPI. No adapter is needed
for my lathe.
When at the Moncton (NB) Woodworking show last week I learned that when
purchasing known brands of chuck an adapter is needed. This adds to the
cost. The accumulation of machining tolerances is increased by the addition
of the adapter.
I soon learned that the use of face plates and glue blocks give me good
results without the use of a scroll chuck. However I would like to
experiment with these original designed chucks.
"Peter Teubel" wrote in message
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On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:38:04 -0500 (EST), (Ruth) wrote:
If you're going to spend $100 on a cheap chuck, I'd feel better (and
it's not my daughter!) if you got a reputable chuck; a good one. If it
costs more money, leave out a few stocking stuffers. I'm not saying
the one you're asking about isn't good, I am not familiar with it, but
this accessory is going to hold that chunk of wood from flying and it's
a very important accessory.
Ditto. A good chuck is the second most expensive single accessory for a
lathe. Like Ruth, I have no experience with that chuck you
are refering too, but I have used a Nova Compac chuck (approx $79US) and r
eturned it within one hour. Totally unsatisfied with it.
Consider at least a standard Nova chuck (I have one and actually like it
better than the SuperNova....which I sold).
Peter Teubel
Milford, MA
http://www.revolutionary-turners.com