which chuck to buy

[interrogator0251]

Hi, I recently purchased a Rikon 70-220 VSR lathe and would like to get your advice on what kind of chuck to purchase for drilling pen blanks and possibly bowl turning. Thanks for any advise you provide!

 

[robertkulp]

The Nova G3 would be great for that lathe. I have it and their Pen Plus Jaws are a great combination for pen blanks. There are many other jaws available for holding bowl blanks, too.

 

[Dan Masshardt]

Yup. Nova g3.

On sale at woodcraft this month.

 

[triw51]

I have the nova chuck and am very please with it, another one you might like to look into is the Barracuda Wood Lathe Key Chuck System Amazon has it for $169 and it comes with four jaws. Just my 2 cents.

 

[walshjp17]

Another vote of the Nova G3 with the Pens Plus jaws. The Nova line of jaws is pretty close to the most extensive and the quality of the chuck and jaws is spot on.

 

[Animyzo]

I love my baracuda only thing i had to get was the blank drilling jaws, it came with 4 sets of jaws.

 

[cal91666]

+1 for the Nova G3. Very versatile tool.

 

[alankulwicki7]

I've had both the Barracuda chucks and the G3 chucks. I love the fact that the Barracuda chuck comes with all the different jaws but I do think the tolerance and finish of the G3 is better.
Both are good chucks and I don't think you can go wrong with either...

 

[interrogator0251]

Thanks for the great advice. I think I'm going to go with the Nova 3.

Interrogator9251

 

[SDB777]

Welcome aboard!!!!



Scott B

 

[Old Codger]

I have both of the larger Nova Chucks (i.e.; G2 & G3...) and think they are wonderful chucks for larger turnings, but a little too expensive for pen turning as that task is a fairly light turning compared to bowls, larger spindles, etc. Soooo I would recommend the smallest Nova Chuck (the midi, i believe...) as it is smaller, lighter and completely capable enough to turn tens with Nova's Pen Turning Jaws! Not only is the smaller Nova jaws capable of turning pens, it's also quite capable of turning much larger turnings plus using ALL of Nova's other jaws which makes it by far one of the best chucks for smaller turnings!