South Bend 4-Jaw D1-5 chuck from Grizzly?

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So my 4-jaw that came with my lathe had me nervous the other day. I was turning some small diameter stock. Bringing the lathe up to speed it sounded like my work wasn't centered but I dialed it in. I think the chuck isn't balanced too well and two of the jaws are a little rough opening/closing. I was looking around and see Grizzly has a closeout sale on this South Bend 4-jaw with D1-5 mount for $508.50. Yes, I'd love a combo Bison or Rohm but they're outta my pay grade. :eek: Anyone with experience or knowledge of this chuck or similar from Grizzly? Thanks.
 
Looks nice. Grizzly's SB branded.products are usually pretty good quality.

Here's another one to consider, $100 cheaper, Taiwan made offered by Precision Matthews. $399
https://www.precisionmatthews.com/shop/chuck4j-8d1-5/

Bison from these people is only $130 more than that SB. $632. I'm not familiar with the vendor though & their price is much lower than other vendors. Maybe too good to be true?
https://www.smalltools.com/bison-8-4-jaw-independent-manual-chuck-d1-5-mount-7-853-0835/

Same Bison is $665 from these people. A few here have purchased from them.
http://www.rlstephenstool.com/lathe_chucks.htm

Same Bison is $688 from MSC. I know I could get it cheaper from MSC though. ;)
https://www.mscdirect.com/product/d...35&pxno=1784905&refnum=1784905&rItem=08564353
 
Interesting that their closeout price is the same as their catalog price. I am looking for a 4 jaw chuck for my South Bend 13". That South Bend chuck kind of strikes me as an "any other Chinese chuck" with the South Bend name on it... But I could be wrong!
 
That one didn't come up in MSC when I searched. Interesting. Thanks for the links. Lemme check into these. Flustered
 
Mike, you may be right. IIRC I've heard good things about the SB branded chucks from Grizzly but that was a few years ago. Not many results I'm finding of others' experiences these days.
 
Never been to that Smalltools site. Got some good prices. They have a Pratt Burnerd D1-5 8" 4-jaw from their "value line series" that is $390. Hmmm.....interestingly Ajax has that model listed as an Atlas brand and more $.
 
Darkzero... What is the secrete to getting the Bison chuck cheaper through MSC?

Splat - that was just the impression it gave me, I don't really have anything to really go on other than my gut.
 
Oh, I hear ya Mike. No worries. :encourage:

What's interesting is that Bison chuck comes up as disco'ed with a newer # coming back as TMX and for roughly $400 more.
 
Seeing a nice Rohm chuck for $499. Don't know about their chucks but I've got some Rohm drill chucks and centers and they are very nice. I'm assuming made in Germany but....who knows. Gotta find out. Geez, I didn't see much before for D1-5 and now I'm finding them. You guys bringing me some luck. :high 5:
 
MikeInOr said:
Darkzero... What is the secrete to getting the Bison chuck cheaper through MSC?
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The secret is.... well it's a secret! ;)

There used to be a Rutland local to me that I used to buy from. They got bought out by MSC & moved the location a few blocks over & turned into a MSC location. The same salesguy that I dealt with at Rutland works at that MSC. I'm cool with him, been buying from him for years, & he always tries to give me the best possible deal for high dollar items.

For example, I bought a Bison 6.25" 3-jaw Set-Tru. List price is $1032. I normally bought chucks from Ajax as they have great pricing. This chuck is $740 at Ajax. MSC's "normal" price is $1106. My logged in price at MSC is $797. My sales guy gave it to me $550. I have to pay tax but still way cheaper than anywhere else & I don't have to pay shipping for anything I buy from MSC, even if they have to transfer it from NV. I love MSC. :big grin:
 
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