Thread: Chucks Wanted

Hi, If you end up having to buy new chucks, have a good look at Bison chucks made in Poland.

i have a "tos" chuck for sale made in poland with back plate to suit a 260
BUT as it only comes with internal jaws and included postage to perth you would be lookin at around $140and it is in used condition
would you be better off getting a chinese chuck from say ctctools or cdcco thats got both sets of jaws new and a back plate from say amwh or pipeclay for not much more
john

Thanks for that, I most definetely will have a look at Bison, but from the looks of things, Bison are towards the top end of the market and I may be over-capitalising by fitting one to my machine. I am currently leaning towards probably a couple of more economical Fuerda chucks from Hare & Forbes if nothing else turns up.
I just put the post up on a whim that someone may have had a chuck or two gathering dust and wanted to offload them.
Thanks again.

Jeremy

Hi John
Yeah I am guessing that I will have to go down the path of buying a couple of new chinese chucks, in your opinion, are they of decent quality or would I be better off holding out for a good secondhand Pratt Burnard or equivalent??

Jeremy

i have a couple of pratt burnerds and a tos but i use a chinese one for evry day tinkering but the pratt burnerds have both sets of jaws
4 jaw pb are hard to get that fit a 260 ( you cant have mine lol) unless you get one that is a plain backed one ( needs a back plate)
suggest you get some others opinions
used chucks can be by my experience a waste of good $$$ unless you happen on a good one ex school ones can be a bit of a lottery
john

Yeah absolutely, thanks John.
I just had a look at CDCO's website and their prices look fantastic, do you know whether the freight prices are reasonable or not.

at a guess i weighed a chuck with back plate on was about 4 kilos so less than 10 lb maybe about 45dollars us postage

Sounds good, thanks John, I will shoot them an email tonight and see what kind of numbers they come back with. Thanks again.

I have just bought a 125mm 3 jaw off CTC tools.... Has not arrived yet so no idea of quality.... Price including delivery for the CTC 125mm is $156 (air freight) A Fuerda from H&F is about the same price...($150)

A 125mm bison I priced from Millers Tools in Brisbane was $355+ freight.

For just a 3 jaw I decided to go chinese...

Hi RC

Thanks for that, I will email CDCO tonight and see what their price is like if I choose the slow boat freight?

Jeremy,

I have a 6" 4 jaw Pratt in good nick that I'll let go for ninety bucks. At present it has a backplate for a nine fitted. I will keep the backplate. Send me a PM if you are interested.

Bob.

Originally Posted by checkyoursix

Yeah absolutely, thanks John.
I just had a look at CDCO's website and their prices look fantastic, do you know whether the freight prices are reasonable or not.

Frank at CDCO uses flat rate USPS 20 pound boxes ... I got a 5" three jaw from him , it fitted into the 20 pound box easily ..plus room for more bits to make up the 20 pounds . The chuck is more than good enough for hobby use .

His prices are hard to beat ... has anyone got the 2012 catalogue ....MIKE

Also if anyone has a set of jaws to suit a burnerd 4" chuck please let me know, inside, outside or both. Even if they aren't in the best condition as at the moment I have a chuck without jaws and wouldn't mind getting some use out of it.

Sorry for slight thread hijack

Originally Posted by Com_VC

Also if anyone has a set of jaws to suit a burnerd 4" chuck please let me know, inside, outside or both. Even if they aren't in the best condition as at the moment I have a chuck without jaws and wouldn't mind getting some use out of it.

Sorry for slight thread hijack

Is it a 3 jaw or 4 jaw that you are looking for jaws for Com VC??

I am guessing that it is a 3 jaw??