ITI Japanese lathe chuck

[dlane]

Trying to find jaws for a ITI so-6x trademark Soul chuck , they bolt on from the top ,google didn’t turn up much, anyone heard of them ?.
Seems to be a well made chuck just the top jaws are gone

Thanks

 

[Cactus Farmer]

Take the jaws off to see what type they are. What happened to the chuck? Buffed to death? That much grit will not have done the scroll any good I fear!

 

[dlane]

I took the jaws off they all have 168 stamped on them, the scroll looks good just the jaws are buffed to death.
Are top jaws standardized ?.

 

[mikey]

I think Soul chucks are made by Teikoku, the number 1 producer of chucks in Japan. I serviced a 3jaw once; nice chuck. I don't know if they sell replacement jaws but you can email them and see. Another option is to have them made by Kalamazoo; they will make custom jaws.

 

[4GSR]

The top jaws are American Standard tongue & grooved top jaws. I see them on eBay and other sites for sale. Prices are all over the place. Expect to pay around $100-150 for a new set of top jaws. For $125, you can have a new Asian built chuck with tongue & grooved jaws. So, do you tie up more money in a used chuck? or tie it up in a new chuck? I would suggest getting a set of soft jaws to use on this chuck, where you are running a bunch of part of the same, and bore out the jaws to match the part for zero runout. Your call on what to do.

 

[Jimsehr]

Google US shop tools in Calif. you can download their catalog. They are big into chuck jaws.

 

[kd4gij]

http://www.usshoptools.com/prod_page_level_3.asp?mm_level_2_code= 101030

 

[dlane]

Server error on the link

 

[dlane]

Found it, there proud of those