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Hi everyone. (Sorry my english)
I own a minilathe. It has a 3 Jaw 100mm self centre chuck, and I bought a 4 jaw independent chuck.
The 4 jaw is great, and it cand hold very big parts before the jaws loose the internal screw, but the 3 self centre no. The maximum aperture in the 3 jaw is much smaller than the 4 jaw. but for most of my work, I prefer self centering because is more easy and quick.
So my question is. Is it possible to find, with the same size of chuck, one with self centering jaws but with more aperture? Or the smaller aperture is charasteristic of the self center chucks? I don´t mind 3 or 4 jaws.
Thank you
Best regards
I own a minilathe. It has a 3 Jaw 100mm self centre chuck, and I bought a 4 jaw independent chuck.
The 4 jaw is great, and it cand hold very big parts before the jaws loose the internal screw, but the 3 self centre no. The maximum aperture in the 3 jaw is much smaller than the 4 jaw. but for most of my work, I prefer self centering because is more easy and quick.
So my question is. Is it possible to find, with the same size of chuck, one with self centering jaws but with more aperture? Or the smaller aperture is charasteristic of the self center chucks? I don´t mind 3 or 4 jaws.
Thank you
Best regards
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