Thread: The great chuck runout debate

Ooley dooley you've been busy

Hell, John....of course there won't be any runout, you guys are smack dab in the middle of winter and the metal has contracted (you know "shrinkage") so much there can't possibly be any runout

Seriously, the blues in the background added a lot to the vids...made the time bearable


Well, looks like you've got four well machined chucks and inserts...take it that the GPW is a local manufacturer chuck, don't think I've heard of it here in the states.

I'm still waiting to hear back from Craft Supplies about the Super Nova

just thought i would mention its that the blues in the background makes the file a lot bigger .
not complaining just explaining .
interesting by the way

Originally Posted by Ed Reiss

Hell, John....of course there won't be any runout, you guys are smack dab in the middle of winter and the metal has contracted (you know "shrinkage") so much there can't possibly be any runout

Seriously, the blues in the background added a lot to the vids...made the time bearable


Well, looks like you've got four well machined chucks and inserts...take it that the GPW is a local manufacturer chuck, don't think I've heard of it here in the states.

I'm still waiting to hear back from Craft Supplies about the Super Nova

Sorry Ed, I had to remove some of your smilies. Couldn't upload reply........ too many images in post

G'day Ed, it may be the middle of winter here but there was still plenty of thread clearance on all the threads, except for............. you guessed it, the G3 . Glad you liked the background music, prolly made the vids bearable. I gave up the commentary after the first chuck because it was pretty self explanatory what I was doing. The GPW is a cheap Chiwanese knock off that sells for AU$215 including 4 jaws sets and adaptor.
I hope everything turns out for the best with your Super Nova saga.

Originally Posted by texx

just thought i would mention its that the blues in the background makes the file a lot bigger .
not complaining just explaining .
interesting by the way

Thanks Texx, I new the music added to the file size. There's almost as much debate about what music we listen to while turning, but that's been covered in another thread.

John well done a variety of chucks and adaptors music wasn't to bad (not a real blues fan)

I see the largest runout on the G3 as being almost 9 thou is that chuck pre-Chinese or post.

Ray

Ray, from memory I think I bought the G3 new about 3 years ago. I'll see if I can dig up the receipt. Does that make it a Chinese one?

If a chuck has .009" run out on a wood lathe, I reckon thats tolerable. At the end of the day we are free hand turning and after we have run our sand paper over the job to finish and especially if you power sand. I suspect most turning jobs will have that and more on the run out.

For me such details are only an indicator of how well they are made and I do note sloppy machining usually means the whole tool is under par.... or worse The turner has to and will work around these little challenges.

I have 5 SN2 chucks and have no idea if and or how much they run out. It has never occurred to me to check, also cant find my darn dial gauge indicator.

No don't think so John they only went there in the last 12 months.

Hughie looking at Ed's video his was visually wobbly John's I could only see one that had out chuck wobble visually so minor hardly noticable

A mate who's a Tool maker fitter machinist was saying after watching Ed's video that even Machine lathes have this problem from time to time some times caused by line up of threads when putting them on so they just remove and try again

Ray ,
Yeah I find that a little run out is not that much of a problem. But when there is run out you can usually find more sloppy work else where on the item and its often serious. ggrrhh!


I have got some bits that might be useful for your rose engine.

Originally Posted by hughie

Ray ,

I have got some bits that might be useful for your rose engine.

Mean's I'll have to start working on it again when its warmer and get it working

Seems to confirm my hands-on observation that the (my) GPW is at least as good as the (my) pre-Chinese Supernova2. So much for the anti-Chiwanese bias.

I believe the GPW chuck is marketed in the US under the name Barracuda 2.

Well John i watched it this morning and the first thing i thought was You need to get a life or more hours at Bunnies,

But then again you have shown some serious information on how to check all the different bits so well done John

Not dure that it will increase sales for any one though

Originally Posted by nalmo

I believe the GPW chuck is marketed in the US under the name Barracuda 2.

Although the two chucks appear similar, The GPW has had a lot more development and upgraded componets which are exclusive to the GPW.