Chuck question

Are you talking about other Oneway chucks, or other brands?

Stay with your brand. Some jaws can have safety mechanisms bypessed to allow them to fit on other brands, but this is seldom a good idea. Get another body to hold those you have.

With the number of brands out there in less-expensive chucks, you might want to consider one for your normal duty turning. Or, used properly, any of your turning.

No! the versa chuck accepts a number of jaws from different manufacturers. Comes complete with inserts for the Supernova, Talon and oneway. Google versa chuck and have a look. I have one myself and use it all the time.

Tom.

Could a other chuck be made to have Oneway chuck Jaws fit ?? maybe, but like putting truck wheels on a car, it doesn't make it a truck !! The exceptional good designed Oneway jaws go with a, not only very high quality chuck , but also a chuck that has a much longer travel than the other chucks, making less different jaws needed, and also less jaw changing. So I would say Oneway Stronghold jaws, are designed just for Oneway Stronghold chucks.

Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

Hey Leo.. are the Talon and Oneway jaws different, or interchangeable?

mac

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Other brands.

According to the toolpost website(where I bought mine) the versa will not take stronghold jaws.

" Accessory jaws designed for use with the Stronghold chuck will not fit these mounting jaws."

Boru

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I really don`t want to buy another chuck :)

Hi Mac Mac the basic Oneway chuck (tommy bars) and the Oneway Talon have the same jaws and are interchangeable. The Oneway Stronghold has larger jaws and a different spacing for the screws also, the do not interchange with the other Oneway chucks. Have fun and take care Leo Van Der Loo

Yeah, I knew about the stronghold being a different screw pattern, but wasn't sure about the "original" Oneway chuck.. Thanks!

mac

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I believe you will find the Teknatool Supernova 2 to be about the best buy for the money. I own two of them, as well as many other Nova Chucks, and find them excellent. The Supernova 2 Chuck will serve you well on your current lathe and also when you grow to a larger lathe. You may just have to purchase another insert.

Fred Holder

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Ted

I also have 3 Teknatool chucks and am very pleased with them. For a lathe your size, I use the Teknatool G3. They are still around for sale but I'm not sure they are being made now. I've used Oneway and they seem fine and I've heard only good about Vicmarc.

We have PSI chucks on our club's midi lathes and they are adequate but annoying. They are hard to open and close smoothly and bind up with chips and dust. Another club member was complaing about his at home and that he must continuously blow it out with compressed air to keep it working well.

Consider one of the smaller chucks from one of the 3 major manufacturers, they are smoother and more accurate. I used the G3 on a 12" swing lathe, but changed the insert when I upgraded to a 20" swing lathe. I now use it regularly for smaller items on the big lathe.

Jerry

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Hello Ted,

I believe you will find the Teknatool Supernova 2 to be about the best buy for the money. I own two of them, as well as many other Nova Chucks, and find them excellent. The Supernova 2 Chuck will serve you well on your current lathe and also when you grow to a larger lathe. You may just have to purchase another insert.

Fred Holder

the problem I have with the super nova chucks is that the chuck key must seat into a hole in the center body of the chuck, and that hole quickly enlongates - I wore a chuck out in less than a year of occasional turning (weekends) - the ones that use an allen wrench don't have that "feature". YMMV

My only experience is with the Oneway Talon, and I like them a lot.. I have 2.. first one started life on my Shopsmith and has since migrated to a Jet mini, a Jet 1442 and now a Nova XP.. Bought the 2nd one a few years ago and it's been just as good..

I've used them for hundreds of pieces and never had a problem with them that I didn't cause..

mac

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Hey Fred.. question/opinion for you..

I like my Oneway Talons but now that I have the 16" Nova, I'm considering a "5 inch" chuck.. My instinct says to go with the Oneway Stronghold, but I've heard good things about Nova and also seen some interesting ads for the Vicmark 120..

I'm turning larger, more off balance stuff now and think it might be time for a larger chuck, but I'm really not sure..

Any suggestions?

mac

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Mac - I turn large off balance stuff - I've been happy with the larger VicMarc chuck - the nova chucks are just not up to the task of a 25 to 30 inch object.

I owned a Nova DVR for several years. I liked it a lot but eventually out grew it. I now own a Oneway 2436 and also purchased two Stronghold chucks. I love them. They are very accurate and have a very "strong hold." I still own and use my old Nova chucks. I use them on the Oneway lathe when I am turning smaller items.

The problem I ran into was that the Oneway spindle size is bigger than the Nova chuck hole. Therefore, you cannot get a Nova adaptor for the Nova chuck that fits on the Oneway lathe. I looked high and low and suddenly it occurred to me. You must instead use a step down adapter from Oneway. Larger lathes have larger spindles for a purpose...so you can turn larger pieces of wood. Therefore, smaller chucks don't fit on their spindles. Using a small chuck on a big turning would be the weakest link.

Therefore, if you ever plan on eventually purchasing a larger lathe then you may want to think ahead. If not, you might be buying new chucks sooner than you think.

Ted J thelatentlog.com

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For me I have 2 lathes, one has an M33x3.5 spindle, the other 1x8

I also have 2 chucks A Precision chuck, with M33x3.5 back plate, that can be changed by removing 3 screws to fit a 1x8 back plate

The other has a 1x8 thread, but I use an M33x3.5 to 1x8 adapter to step down. The only disadvantages of this are due to the extended spindle - reduces capacity, increased tolerance at the chuck due to the additional thread. And most important , getting the right adapter, to fit the spindle register, if their is one. There is one possible advantage, and that depends on the motor position and object being turned, is the additional 2 inches extension to the spindle

In Europe, I understand M33x3.5 is a preferred size, but in the UK 1x8 appears to be a standard on modern machines, until you go up in size.