I love the beall chuck I have- been using it for 6 months, now. While I've had significant improvement, I have gone through three different rods so far- and I know, I'm likely overtightening either the knurled knob or the tailstock. That aside, I still have a little more chatter when trying to turn something really hard, like the tru-stone blanks. I've been told that by using "D" drill rod, in place of the standard mandrel rod, most of that should go away. Does anyone have a good source for "after market" mandrel rods, made from "D" drill stock and already threaded and dimpled for the 60 degree live center in the tail stock? And if not, is there enough interest in getting some of these made up that if we grouped together, we might get someone like Paul Huffman or one of our other machinist pen turners to see it would be worth their while? I can easily justify ordering 5- 2 regular length, 2 slightly longer in order to turn either two sierras or two lower barrels at the same time, as well as a shorter one for bottlestoppers (T-style) and single sierra/patriot pen kits.
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