Chuck Properties

Hi Bob

I have the Oneway Stronghold, but also have a couple of Oneway Talon chucks, you could use a Talon for doing the smaller bowls, than switch chucks for the Jumbo Jaws, or buy a Stronghold body only. Turners often do batches of bowls etc. so they don't have to switch so often. And yes I know what you're saying that's why most production turners also have several chucks, I would not start mixing different makes of chucks, and run into all kinds of incompatibilities, like screw heads, length, size, and other things not thought of.

Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

This isn't what you asked, but the Nova allows you to put the 50MM jaws on top of the Cole jaws. You can also use a screw point with certain jaws.

Bob, up here in Canada King tools market a cheap chuck. They make 2 versions, an O and a T. Oneway and Technatool. I purchased an O version locally for $114 and it takes all my Oneway and Talon jaws including Jumbo. I think the Grizzly company is the same in the States.

So that is what the extra long screws are for (that were included with the Cole jaws). I did not know that, thanks for the tip Bruce!

Rick

Mind your knuckles!

Ever hear of the Longworth? It's a home brew chuck that works rather well, I like the 6 pin version the best. Do a web search and I think you might be interested

For what its worth, I studied the data for the top two, Nova and Oneway. Both seemed very comparable in every respect.

The one thing I would suggest is pick one, buy a range of jaw sizes, and you will be equiped for the most part, forever.

What I looked for was the range of jaw sizes and another overlooked aspect, is how the jaws are opened/closed. I wanted a chuck that operated with a T wrench so I could open and close the chuck with one hand and hold my work with the other.

Nova satisfied all my criteria and I am very happy I put the money into it that I did almost 2 yrs ago.

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