Jacobs 14N 0-1/2" Super Chuck , made in USA vs made in Spain?

No I didn't bother contacting them, my runout went from .010" to .011 1/2 ( .0015"), I think,which was likely within their specs. If you drilling a hole you don't expect perfection, but less than .010 would be nice.

The lesson here, it might not be the chuck, rather the DP.
 
pacifica said:
MSC sells an accupro made in Spain for $84.84 if you can get the old Enco discount. JT6 , 1/16 to 1/2" ball bearing chuck.New. I've only used the accupro precision shanks- and they are excellent quality.
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That's another brand I didn't know about, I just went on MSC, read a few reviews, not a bad chuck, I still like the Llambrich CBB-13, price and quality wise , right up my alley.
Thanks for the link.
 
1 drawer . 28 chucks . Old crap made in USA . Jacobs , Albrecht , Wohlstrom , etc . Ask and you'll receive .

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Stay away from the Spanish Jacobs chucks. These were made during the transition to chinese production. I spoke with a guy at Jacobs and he told me to stay away since they are not rebuildable.

Get yourself a USA made or one made in China. I have used both and you should be happy with either but try to track down a USA made. Is your Ridgid a fixed jt3 taper? If so indexing the chuck will give different amounts of runout out. Go fully around and write the numbers down then spilt as many hairs as you want to get the lowest runout possible. I would guess you would get about 0.002 runout with a precision ground rod 1” down.

Hope this help?
 
PT Doc said:
Stay away from the Spanish Jacobs chucks. These were made during the transition to chinese production. I spoke with a guy at Jacobs and he told me to stay away since they are not rebuildable.
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That's good to know, I'm sure that bit of info could help a few of us , the chuck that I was after was in fact a Llambrich CBB-13 but it's good to know there's a difference in quality between the genuine Jacobs and the ones made in Spain.

PT Doc said:
Get yourself a USA made or one made in China. I have used both and you should be happy with either but try to track down a USA made. Is your Ridgid a fixed jt3 taper? If so indexing the chuck will give different amounts of runout out. Go fully around and write the numbers down then spilt as many hairs as you want to get the lowest runout possible. I would guess you would get about 0.002 runout with a precision ground rod 1” down.

Hope this help?
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The Ridgid DP does have a fixed JT3 taper,
I found a great deal on a Vertex chuck and went for it, I'll soon find out how good it's going to perform. thanks for the heads up.
 
mmcmdl said:
1 drawer . 28 chucks . Old crap made in USA . Jacobs , Albrecht , Wohlstrom , etc . Ask and you'll receive .
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mmcmdl, thanks for posting the pic of the chucks but as I mentioned in my last post I found a deal on a new chuck that I couldn't pass up.
BTW, you weren't kidding when you said yo had chucks coming out of your yen yang.:), I'm sure others will find a few good ones from the pile.
 
Ken from ontario said:
That's good to know, I'm sure that bit of info could help a few of us , the chuck that I was after was in fact a Llambrich CBB-13 but it's good to know there's a difference in quality between the genuine Jacobs and the ones made in Spain.


The Ridgid DP does have a fixed JT3 taper,
I found a great deal on a Vertex chuck and went for it, I'll soon find out how good it's going to perform. thanks for the heads up.
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You should be very happy with the Vertex. They are known to be a very high quality and consistently excellent Taiwanese tooling manufacturer. Keep us posted.
 
Just recently picked up a USA-made Jacobs 14n off eBay in like-new condition. While I was shopping for one I saw the new Spain and China made ones; didn't even consider them. You'll see they have the markings etched on, rather than engraved, like the US ones.
 
Us the china made ones have a rebuild kit number on them. Old ones don't
 
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