I have a 1340 belt drive Jet lathe. I would like to step up to a larger, higher quality machine but since I'm a traveling shop that's not really practical. The 3 jaw chuck that came with the lathe is terrible and it's time to upgrade. Tell me why I shouldn't step up to a Gator 8" 6 jaw. I only want one scroll chuck and I will give the current 3 jaw to someone I don't like if I buy this.
https://www.ajaxtoolsupply.com/8galach6jawt.html
I really only do one off stuff thats not high precision but often in sets of 10 or 20. I machine a lot of Delrin and Nylon as well as thin mechanical tubing. I find the the 6" is just too small way too often and don't want to swap to the 8" 4 jaw for a quickie. I learned on a 4 jaw and can quickly dial a part in but, most of the time it doesn't matter. A larger set tru would help me quickly do second operations on low tech parts.
Tell me why I shouldn't buy a 6 jaw as my primary scroll chuck!
https://www.ajaxtoolsupply.com/8galach6jawt.html
I really only do one off stuff thats not high precision but often in sets of 10 or 20. I machine a lot of Delrin and Nylon as well as thin mechanical tubing. I find the the 6" is just too small way too often and don't want to swap to the 8" 4 jaw for a quickie. I learned on a 4 jaw and can quickly dial a part in but, most of the time it doesn't matter. A larger set tru would help me quickly do second operations on low tech parts.
Tell me why I shouldn't buy a 6 jaw as my primary scroll chuck!