jttheclockman
Member
Those that use PSI dedicated pen blank chuck, this question is for you. Do you have slop in the chuck?? Does your chuck close down evenly on a blank??? I have not used my chuck in quite some time but wanted to use it today and I noticed that the chuck does not close evenly down on the entire blank. I am using a perfectly square blank 1" It use to be the chuck would close evenly.
I just went to their site and checked the reviews on this chuck and I see a few people have complained of this very thing. Has anyone complained to PSI and if so what was their reply??? Supposibly they have started offering another type chuck and has anyone used that.??? I have often tauted this chuck many times and now I am totally against it for this reason. I will be calling them next week but in the mean time I would love to hear what others have found and have to say if you use this chuck or at one time used it. I know I can use my pin nose chuck but this seemed so simple and the answer to what we do.
I hate to have to keep changing my jaws on my chuck and will eventually buy something dedicated to pen making because I love drilling on the lathe. For now I am going to have to turn the blank round and use my collet chuck. Just an extra step that I did not want to do and that is why I purchased it. It was not cheap $$$ wise but now I see made cheap.
Has anyone found something better from another company and if so a link is needed. Thanks in advance and I hope Newbies read this too if they are looking to purchase tools.
www.pennstateind.com/store/CSCPENCHK.html
I just went to their site and checked the reviews on this chuck and I see a few people have complained of this very thing. Has anyone complained to PSI and if so what was their reply??? Supposibly they have started offering another type chuck and has anyone used that.??? I have often tauted this chuck many times and now I am totally against it for this reason. I will be calling them next week but in the mean time I would love to hear what others have found and have to say if you use this chuck or at one time used it. I know I can use my pin nose chuck but this seemed so simple and the answer to what we do.
I hate to have to keep changing my jaws on my chuck and will eventually buy something dedicated to pen making because I love drilling on the lathe. For now I am going to have to turn the blank round and use my collet chuck. Just an extra step that I did not want to do and that is why I purchased it. It was not cheap $$$ wise but now I see made cheap.
Has anyone found something better from another company and if so a link is needed. Thanks in advance and I hope Newbies read this too if they are looking to purchase tools.
www.pennstateind.com/store/CSCPENCHK.html