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Len wrote:Without starting a religious war, which chuck is better?

The one ya BUY.
It all depends upon what ya plan to do with em. They're both GOOD ones.

Len wrote:Without starting a religious war, which chuck is better?

The answer to that is going to be argumentative. There will be someone that likes each chuck more then the other. As a turner with limited experience, I wood consider the one(s) that SS offers, just because they have choosen them. They must feel that those chucks work well with the Mark V. Buying a chuck from SS also helps them stay in business.

Making a general observation, knot directed just at the purchase of a SS offered chuck, I am willing to pay more to SS to help them stay in business AND because of their customer service. I know that some complain about how long they remain on hold with SS, but remember, it is their nickle and once you get them on the phone they will stay with you until your inquiry is complete. I consider that superb CS and expect to pay a little more because of it. And you can still wait for SS sales.

wildcard wrote:If anyone is still wanting a chuck and cannot get it from HD, Woodcraft has the Teknatool Supernova 2 Chuck on sale till the end of Oct for $139

And a really nice chuck it is, too. Ordered it yesterday & got it today. I've played HD's stock games before - usually, just this side of bait & switch. Thanks for the tip.

This thing is nice - heavy, but nice. I should have gotten one of these ten years ago - I wouldn't have had to build so many jigs.

Although - learned a lot from those jigs.

Thanks Tim. I will remember that. All I have to do now is WAIT for a sale!

Tigaro, your welcome, i got one myself about a week ago, and am very happy with it. Here is another tip you might like
http://woodcentral.com/cgi-bin/readarti ... _123.shtml
that is a diy set of cole jaws, i made them based on these plans and they work great, total cost was around $15, instead of the $90 for the nova cole jaws

Hi iclark,

After looking over the HD ad, I did not see where it said that you will receive three different jaw sets. All I saw was "one chuck, one jaw kit & adapter". Did I miss something here. Maybe you can point it out for me.

When the ad says "one jaw kit" it usual means one set of jaws, and with the Oneway chucks, that means a #2 kit. The rest of the jaws are normally sold as accessories.

Also, the regular retail prices I quoted are from several popular woodturning catalogs I receive each year (including the Oneway catalog), if you are curious as to where I got my pricing information.

woodburner wrote:Hi iclark,

After looking over the HD ad, I did not see where it said that you will receive three different jaw sets. All I saw was "one chuck, one jaw kit & adapter". Did I miss something here. Maybe you can point it out for me.

This is what I copied from the HD Oneway Stronghold chuck ad........."The Oneway STRONGHOLD CHUCK is very popular among novice and advanced wood turners alike. The large body diameter and heavy weight make it especially desirable on medium to large sized lathes. Its intuitive powerful single-handed clamping mechanism utilizes a key and scroll configuration to provide maximum gripping power (5 to 1 ratio), while the patented jaw design and self-centering capabilities ensure a tight grip of a wide range of stock. The nickel plated body accompanied with hardened base jaws and scroll ensure the chuck will stand up to the rigors of everyday turning. This chuck has a patented over-extension prevention system literally making it impossible for the jaws to come loose from the chuck body during operation. This chuck will not disappoint! This package contains extra jaws sets including: #1 jaws, #2 jaws, & #3 jaws."

Hope this helps.

Len wrote:Without starting a religious war, which chuck is better?

Len,
I have a Nova chuck for my Jet midi lathe and the Oneway Talon for my Shopsmith and other lathes. Both are good. My one gripe about the Nova is that they now make all their stuff in China.

Troy

woodburner wrote:Also, the regular retail prices I quoted are from several popular woodturning catalogs I receive each year (including the Oneway catalog), if you are curious as to where I got my pricing information.

hi, woodburner,

thank you for the pricing info sources. I was curious.

I see that SDSSmith has already answered your question about the jaw sets. it wasn't in the pictures, but the 3 jaws were in the text description.

Ivan

tgiro wrote:Oh - well ---

Both the Talon and the Stronghold chucks are showing as "This item is no longer available online". In a chat with a sales rep - she said that they are usually restocked in about two weeks, but they won't let you order and when stock has arrived honor the order. See the graphics --

Was in the local HD today and decided to see if they could find out anything about these. The CS person was very helpful and made a phone call. The response was that they expected more to be available in approx. 2 weeks.

My guess is that no more will be available until after 12/01/09(sale end date), if at all.