looking to get a Chuck

[RMckin5324]

So, it's time for me to get a chuck and I'm looking for suggestions. I have a Jet 12 x 20 vs lathe.

Thanks for your help.

 

[jodoidg]

Love my Beall collett for pen work, calls and mills. Runs true, make my own mandrels to fit.

 

[LeeR]

So, it's time for me to get a chuck and I'm looking for suggestions. I have a Jet 12 x 20 vs lathe.

Thanks for your help.

Well, you were not really specific.

I have a Rikon 12x16, and now it has a 24" extension, but the basic setup is pretty similar to your lathe. I bought a Nova G3 before the lathe (on sale, and I was waiting for the lathe to go on ale), then a 1/2" drill chuck, then a 5/8" keyless drill chuck (really overkill, but got it dirt cheap ...), I have an 8mm keyless chuck that is drilled thru for a pen mandrel, and I use it for center drilling blanks as well as for pen turning on the mandrel. Most recently I bought the Nova Mini since it was on sale for $125 at Woodcraft, and had a boxed set of 5 jaws thrown in for free (plus it came with a set of jaws ). It is nice to have an extra scroll chuck, since I keep one set of long pin jaws on the G3 currently for drilling pen blanks.

I'm planning on getting a Beall collet chuck before too long. You just cannot have too many chucks and jaws for a lathe!

In summary, I have no idea what to recommend for your first chuck.

 

[Leviblue]

I just bought the Oneway Talon with the standard jaws and added the spigot jaws for holding pen blanks and bottle stoppers. I liked the way the key chuck fit in nice and secure with no fuse. It was a toss up between it and the Nova G3.

I've got a Nova mini chuck that I'm probably going to sell.

 

[Daniel]

I think if I had to live with jsut one chuck it would be my Nova 2. it will simply hold more things.

 

[RMckin5324]

So I picked up a Nova G3 today.