Lathe Chuck

Re: Lathe Chuck

TDaniel

>One-way is good but i like Vicmarc better. Don't buy the big one for your lathe; the 3.5" would be better.

Td

Re: Lathe Chuck

Mark Kauder, Phenix City, AL

>TD, I really like the Vic chucks, what do you think of the Axminster?

Mark

Re: Lathe Chuck

David Hammond, in Powder Springs GA

>Mark - I'm not TD, but I've got both chucks, the Axminster and the 5 1/2 Vicmarc. If the Axminster was as big as the Vic, I think I'd take the Axminster. But, the Vic is really nice being so big - I put a whole cherry stump on my Vicmarc, in a dovetail recess, no problem; hollowed that hard end grain without any complaints - it was about fourteen inches deep, and twenty-eight inches in diameter, from wing-tip to wing-tip. Choosing the Axminster over the Vic would be mostly just personal preference - but I like the Axminster dovetail jaws better, they're sharper. And I would pick the long handled square driven Axminster over the Vic hex drive. For now, their just different, and I use them both - but I have heard a rumor that Axminster is coming out with a huge 6 inche chuck...

David - just get both. :o)

Re: Lathe Chuck

TDaniel

>Mark, I think the Axminster is a fine chuck but that is hear-say only because I have not used one. I bought my first Vic chuck because it offered the largest Jumbo jaw set of all the chucks and I prefer the dovetail jaws over serrated and these are standard on the Vic. Now that I also have a Vic lathe I would not buy anything else because the fit and locking collar of the Vic chuck to the Vic lathe is a matched pair; any other chuck would not lock onto my spindle. As David said, rumors are that Axminster may be working on a large chuck for the VB-36 and similar size lathes.

recent experience

Bill Tindall, E. TN

>I recently bought a Oneway chuck and had to have it repaired due to faulty machineing of a critical jaw part(run out was 0.010 as received). At recent woodworking meeting we had a lathe demo and someone brought a Vicmarc chuck. The jaws on it were much tighter than the jaws on my new Oneway, even after the repair. Tighter jaws should mean more accuracy centering if this is important. I would think it only important when remounting things. If the cost is roughly the same I would buy the Vicmarc given what appears to me to be better machineing. Also the Vicmarc has a standard allen key for tightening. Handy if one ever misplaces the one that came with it.

Re: Lathe Chuck

Bruce, N.B. Canada

>Chris I have the same lathe as you and use a Oneway Stronghold, love it wouldn"t trade it for all the tea in China. I believe it has greater holding power than some of the others at least that is what some of the local turners here maintain.

Now on a another subject, I wonder if you ever considered updating you 160-2 to the 16018-2 that General introduced last fall. If you change the headstock, tailstock and tool banjo it will allow you to swing 18" over the bed and 21" over the gap instead of the present 12" & 15". I'm not sure what motor you have on yours but most 160-2 are only 3/4 H.P. so you may have to upgrade to a 1 H.P., which I have already done. I'm presently considering the upgrade as this would be more economical than a new larhe.

Regards Bruce in Saint John, N.B.

Re: Lathe Chuck

Chris Taylor

>Bruce

I picked up the 160-2 used but was never plugged in. I picked it up for half the cost of a new 16018-2. Mine has a 1hp Leeson motor already and my plans are just to turn smaller bowls etc.Do you think the Talon would be big enough or would you spend the extra for the Stronghold since I can only turn a 10" bowl inside. Down the road if I get into this I will look for a 260 but for now I think I will just learn on the 160. Thanks for the feedback from everyone. Does anyone know who distributes the Vicmarc chuck in Canada and is there a model # the folks are talking about.

TIA

Chris

Re: Lathe Chuck

TDaniel

>The little chuck is a VM100. It is just a scaled down version of the larger VM120 but is the exact same quality. I sell them in the US but I do not know who sells them in Canada.

TD

Re: Lathe Chuck

Bill Howatt

>Jacques Coulombe tools in Quebec. www.jacquescoulombe.com

I think you'll find them more expensive than a Oneway Talon. I use Oneway Strongholds on my General 26020 but the Talon would be more than enough chuck for your 12" 160.

I know Bill Tindall had trouble with a jaw on his Oneway but I have 2 of them plus a vacuum chucking adapter and I have nothing but good things to say about their quality.

Bill

Re: Lathe Chuck

Bill Hale / The Wood Spinner

>Vick, the only way to go. I turn on a oneway 2438 and have mounted many 23 in. bowls on it without failure. Also the hex key is the best system.

Good turning and be safe

Bill

Re: Lathe Chuck

Richard Allen

>Hi Bill

I have had my Vicmarc chuck self-dismout on my lathe. That has never happened to me when using my Oneway Stronghold.

What do you do to keep the Vicmark chuck from dismounting unexpectedly?

Thanks

Richard

Suggestions for foiling dismount

Bob Hackett

>I`d take the chuck to a local machinist and have him dill and tap for a setscrew that you can tighten onto the spindle.If there is an area near the shoulder of the spindle where the threads stop this would be the place to put the setscrew as it wouldn`t be pressing into(and messing up)the spindle threads.If the threads go all the way to the shoulder,just take a small plug of plastic or nylon turned to fit the minor diameter of the setscrew hole and drop it in before threading the setscrew in.The plug will deform to the threads and lock the chuck on without damaging the spindle threads.Just remember to save the plug if you ever remove the chuck.These plugs will dive for the largest pile of shavings available and will never be seen again,DAMHIKT.

Mainely,Bob

Re: Lathe Chuck

Bill Hale / The Wood Spinner

>Richard

I use the tommy bar on the Vic with the spindle locked. I set it up fairly tight and have never had a dismount problem. Do not use a plastic washer between the head and the Vic.

If you are refering to outboard turning my Oneway has RH threads outboard also.

Good turning and be safe

Bill

Re: Suggestions for foiling dismount

Richard Allen

>If that is the solution then why doesn't Vicmarc do that?

Maybe I am the only person who has had a big chunk of wood dismount with the Vicmarc chuck when turning the lathe off.

It is a disaster hapening in slow motion when you see the chuck unwind from the lathe.

Thanks

Richard

Re: Suggestions for foiling dismount

TDaniel

>Vicmarc has a coupler that locks the lathe to the chuck but it only works when using a Vicmarc lathe; for others you must drill and tap a hole for a setscrew. It is also necessary to lock-tite the bushing into the chuck on all of them.

TD

Re: Lathe Chuck

Bill Howatt

>Can you slow the speed of the stopping by using the variable speed control (this assumes you have electronic variable-speed)rather than just hitting "Off"? The spindle is stopping too quickly for the rotating mass of the workpiece. If you have electronic VS there may be a parameter you can change.

Bill