06-24-2016, 03:59 PM
(06-18-2016, 11:41 AM)TomG Wrote: Six jaw chucks are wonderful. They chuck work nearly as concentric as collets, except they are infinitely adjustable. I have a Buck six jaw on my lathe and about the only time I'll resort to collets is if I'm doing a large number of parts.
Tom
Agreed. And Tom, just to be clear, you are the one who did it for me with the 6-jaw chuck. Watching your videos and talking to a co-worker who used to do a lot of machining got me wanting a 6-jaw. I never bought one when I had my old lathe but when I purchased my new 13x40 lathe two years ago that was the first accessory I bought. I use mine a lot and only recently bought a 5C collet chuck because I had a small production run of parts and my Gator 6-jaw only grips down to about .200" range.
Mike.