Buying first chuck

[Dean Center]

Lawrence, If I were you, I would thread the Nova onto your spindle without 2 additional contraptions which might add inaccuracy and certainly will move your work piece farther from the headstock.

Doing it that way, you would have to remove your 1X8 adapter to use the Nova, but IMHO, it's worth it. If you wanted, you could buy a couple more adapters, fit each 1X8 chuck with one and just leave them on. Or sell a couple 1X8 chucks and get another 1 1/4X8 chuck.

 

[Mike Johnson]

You could always use the 1x8" chucks on your tailstock if you have a live center adapter with the 1x8" thread which are very common. I have turned many pieces over the years that required holding the piece firmly at both ends using (2) bowl chucks and (1) live center adapter in the tailstock..

 

[R Henrickson]

My first chuck was for a insert-type G3 for a mini lathe. I soon moved to larger lathes, so all I had to do was change the insert. I still use the mini for demos, so I just change the insert. I currently have that original G3 on my 25" swing lathe for a spindle project.

 

[Mike Johnson]

You can never have too many chucks, to prove that point go ahead and list any chuck you have and it will most likely be sold within the week of the listing.

 

[Russell Nugent]

Any time I buy another chuck I tell myself it'll be my last. Just another in the long list of little lies I tell myself.

 

[William Rogers]

I think at one time I had about 12 chucks. I sold all my Novas and Record chucks. I kept my Hurricane HTC 125 and bought 3 Axminister chucks. I have the O’Donnell jaws that I use a lot, 6” gripper jaws, 4” dovetail jaws, 2 1/2” C jaws and one special set of jaws. To change jaws using the Axminister you buy slides for the jaws and just crank one set out and another set in. I only had two Axminister chucks for a long time, but Lee Valley closed out their Axminister line and I just couldn’t pass up the savings. I really didn’t need it. When you have so many chucks you need a place to keep them. I am much happier not having a bunch of chucks just because I bought a set of jaws that were used maybe once or twice.