Thread: Which beginners chuck should a woodchuck chuck

It would depend on the type of lathe you have.

The budget chuck is a good paperweight.

The G3 scroll chuck was designed for the mini & midi lathes.

The best suggestion is the Supernova 2 as an allround chuck as it is more user friendly. Also when you decide to buy a larger lathe you will have a chuck to move up with you.

If the budget does not allow for the supernova 2 save a bit longer as it will be worthwhile in the long run.

They still producing the Precision Midi, Jim?

Dazzler, that's Teknatool's tommy bar job for mini/midi lathes. IMHO works as well as the G3 (and takes the same jaws) but was considerably cheaper last time I looked. (I have both.)

I agree wholeheartedly that the Supernova 2 is the best buy for a larger lathe and worth the extra $$$. But I'm biased... I own a couple of them, too.

Skew only in very limited numbers and when they get enough orders to make it worthwhile.

Simple answer No.

Sorry Guys

Ive got the king of lathes

dah dah dah

The MIGHTY C'Tec MC1100



Cheers

dazzler

garry pye stocks the nova precision midi.
cheers

I think that since you are only going to be turning smallish items, I think you should go for the Vicmarc 100, I have the 120, and it can handle anything, from the 500 wide platters, to the tiny finials on lids.

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Ive got the king of lathes
The MIGHTY C'Tec MC1100

Dazzler,
I to have the MC1100, although it is muchly altered from orginal.
On it I run Supernova2's three of them and find them to be all thay say they should be.
So from my point of view as an owner of said Kings of all Lathes
go fOr the the SN2

hughie

Good start, Dazzler. It'll happily work with any of the chucks mentioned so far, except for the budget job.

The SN2 would be the most versatile overall.

VicMarc 100 or 120. They are very well made!

Try for a nova precision midi if you can find one with the correct thread.
It is better quality than the cheapies.

The SN2 or the Vicmarc 120 or 140 would be too big for that lathe.

Wouldn't the equiv of the VM120/40 be the Teknatool Titan?

And of the VM100, the SN2?

The plus with Teknatool is that almost all of the jaws fit other models, whereas if you go VM90/100 and then upgrade to the 120/40 you have to shell out for new jaws.

Originally Posted by rsser

Wouldn't the equiv of the VM120/40 be the Teknatool Titan?

And of the VM100, the SN2?.....

Probably are... I have a couple of SN2s & a couple of VM140s.
I didn't mean that they were the same, just too big for that lathe.

I'll disagree. IMHO the SN2(VM100?) are fine... I've had no problems with mine, anyway. I mainly use the SN2's powergrip jaws (same as VM's shark-something jaws?) for my goblets and the bearings show no signs of float. [phew!]

The Titan, and I assume the VM140, is another matter.

Ditto ... ran a VM100 fine in the old MC900. So I'd agree than an SN2 would be fine on an 1100.

Nova Spigot jaws are I think similar to VM shark jaws. Powergrips are a diff proposition.