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If you could only have one, would you choose a 3" self centering or a 4" independent jaw chuck? I am just starting out and the lathe I bought has no tooling. Thanks for the advise
I agree with Dave. A 3 jaw will have you making chips in no time flat. A 4-jaw is a PITA if you just want to chuck it up and go. You can get more accuracy out of a 4 jaw, but for the most part, I don't need it that good.as a greenhorn in the lathe business, I would suggest the opposite. to me, a 4 jaw would discourage the hell out of me.
" how do I get stuff to be straight in the chuck, how do I get it to not wobble, etc etc."
the o/p should be able to make even useless chips in about 1/2 hour of learning how to sharpen a tool blank to firstly get the hang of the machine, a three jaw would serve him well.
I would like to see what he has to work with and what he would like to do with what he has.
but then, that's just my humble opinion. I have a couple different size 3 jaws and a fairly large 4 jaw and I rarely use it as I never take anything out of the chuck before its finished or I am making things that the .002=.003 error would not affect. . .
let see what others have to say and see what this gentleman has to work with. . . . .
davidh (the old guy)
If you could only have one, would you choose a 3" self centering or a 4" independent jaw chuck? I am just starting out and the lathe I bought has no tooling. Thanks for the advise