Nova Midi Chuck or WC Pinnacle?

[tmhawk]

Hello Turners,
I'd like to turn some small bowls, and I can use a chuck for turning bottle stoppers. My budget will allow me to purchase the Nova Midi Chuck ($109) or the WoodCraft Pinnacle ($85). Your advice will be much appreciated. Oh, the "hole" on the stoppers is 1 1/4" so the chuck must be able to grab inside that size. The bowls I'm thinking of will be no more that 8" total. My lathe has a 10" swing.
Thanks,
Tony

 

[Lathemaster]

Tony

I have been using the Pinnacle chuck with large, medium and small jaws for over a year. It has done everything I have asked it to do.

Cheers
Mike

 

[thewishman]

I have the Nova Midi - just use it to drill on the lathe. It holds my pen blanks well enough, but my local WC guy said it won't use other jaws.

Chris

 

[loglugger]

I have the 3418 from Penn State it comes with 2 sets of jaws for $79.95 with $8.00 shipping. I have this chuck and it has been a good one. If I was going to get another one it would be the Barracuda 3 sets of jaws for $99.95 with $8.00 shipping.
Bob

 

[CHICAGOHAND]

I also have the Pinnacle which I just added a set of flat jawws to its collection. The only complaint is using the two steel bars to tighten and loosen as apposed to a chuck with a key for one handed operation. That alone is worth some extra money, something to consider.

 

[alamocdc]

I'd get a Barracuda.

 

[tmhawk]

I appreciate ALL the great comments and advice. Amazon has a special on the Barracuda CSC2000C, $116.90 and the JUMBO Jaws for $21.45. Seems like a good deal. Several of you said, Barracuda. Considering what I'm talking about turning, small bowls, sake cups, tea cups, I think this will work. (BTW, the Pinnacle is pretty much the same system, but to get all the jaws for the Pinnacle that come with the Barracuda, you get 4 jaws a screw thing and an adapter thing, you'd pay about the same amount.) So, for those of you that said, "Barracuda" good deal?
Thanks,
Tony