Leo,

You are not comparing apples to oranges. The Oneway chuck with tommy bars is
$179, plus the cost of three more sets of jaws and you are in the $280 to
$300 range. Comparing apples to apples, it's about $120 cheaper than a
Oneway.

Bernie

"Leo Van Der Loo" wrote in message
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Bernie
You are comparing apples with oranges, the Oneway that has the tommy bars
is $179.95 US and for the $50.- difference I would certainly not buy one
of these wonderful items, I know the quality from Oneway is going to make
their chucks to last me a lifetime, just long enough for me G

If you want to do comparisons make sure you know what you are comparing.



Bernie Hunt wrote:
Here is a review I just wrote for our club newspaper. Its not proofed
yet, but the concept is there.

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Being new to turning, I bought my first scroll chuck. I chose the PSI
Barracuda with the extended chuck package that included all the extra
jaws. The price was very attractive, $125 with all the jaws, but I was a
bit concerned about the quality. A similar Oneway would have cost almost
$300.

First impressions; The first thing I noticed and was thankful about is
that it's packed in oil, not cosmoline. Anyone who has cleaned cosmoline
off a tool will understand the happiness in this! The fit and finish
looks good. The body of the chuck is chromed and the jaws are some kind
of matt finish. The scroll mechanism works smoothly. It used a pair of
tommy bars to tighten, where the Oneway uses a single key. If this is the
only difference, I can live with the tommy bars and keep the extra $175.

The chuck comes equipped for both 1"x8 and 3/4x16 threading on the drive
shaft. My Fisch lathe used 1"x8, which was the adaptor already installed,
so I was ready to go immediately. I wiped the oil off as best I could,
but when you first turn on the lathe, cover the chuck with the rag. The
centrifugal force throws oil everywhere.

My next question was it accurate. I check the run out on my drive shaft
and it was less then 0.002". I mounted the chuck and measured the outside
of the standard jaws to have a run out of about 0.006" with them
tightened on themselves. I then chucked up the worse case scenario I
could find, a thin rectangular piece of wood that only contacted two or
the four jaws. I mounted the piece in the worse case location, at the
edge of the jaws. This will create maximum skew to the jaws as I tighten
them. In this configuration I measured about 0.035" run out one the two
jaws doing the holding.

To put these measurements in perspective, 0.035 is about 1/32", but
that's in a extreme case where you would probably not ever turn. The
0.006 is a typical measurement of normal turning situations. I my book,
this is pretty accurate for a woodworking lathe!

I have not yet used all the jaws, so I can't comment on them yet. I will
say that I think this is a very good chuck at a bargain price. For any
turner starting out, this is a good way to get into a scroll chuck,
without a large layout of cash. If you just get the chuck with the
standard jaws, you are down to $90, plus if you get it from Bob Urso, you
get a club discount. I give this tool a big thumbs up!

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"Eduardo Sarmiento Hall" wrote in message
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wrote in message
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Any one tried one of these out yet? They have the "package" listed at
around $125. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks, Steve

well I saw that too and will wait for some reviews before getting one