Hi Barry, You expect me to not answer your question about the Glaser, but first congratulations on your new lathe. If my Scottish blood would allow my going first class, Stubby and Glasers would be my choice too. Shopmade and cheap devices may not be allowed on Stubby or Oneway lathes, but I'll continue.
I bet you will keep your Jet mini that has given you so much pleasure and growth as a woodturner. If so, I'd be interested in the percentages of your turning time spent on your two fine machines after a year or so when the excitement of huge blanks and rotating lathe beds has waned and both seem to have gotten much heavier. Many will protest, but I think turning a small piece on a quality small machine using small tools is somehow a different and separate satisfaction.
If your present single screw chuck as well as all your other 1X8 fitments were satisfactory, I'd think an adapter for the Stubby would be a good thing. There are often 1X8 and 3/4X16 accessories used or new at good bargains. Not that Stubby owners care about bargains. TIC :) & G
I suppose a single screw chuck does allow for a smaller foot and can save some timber on pieces that are not reversed. There may be some convenience in drilling a single hole and spinning the blank onto the spinning screw, but you still have to drill the hole while often you can screw the blank or block to a multi screw chuck (faceplate) without drilling any holes and the security is as good or better. Being able to remove and replace wood concentrically might be an advantage for single screw chucks over wood blocks that are threaded on the spindle or screwed to a faceplate, but in the end we usually have to true the work regardless of what it's hanging on to. Wood moves.
Just one old turner's opinion, but I suspect that with all the savings of shopmade devices or the utility of store bought single screw or scroll chucks, many return to screwing their blanks or glue blocks to metal faceplates. You can make or buy several for $110 plus S&H. George can do the same with pin chucks. :)
I hope my Glaser/ Stubby friends aren't too displeased with my obvious jealousy.
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