What Chuck to choose?

[petcnc]

For me, it’s gotta have the set-true feature, or I don’t want it!…Dave

Set true in a 4 jaw independent?

 

[chips&more]

Set true in a 4 jaw independent?

That would be redundant.

 

[lxcnc]

I just bought a Pratt Burnerd 8-1/4” set-rite chuck and the quality is amazing.

 

[benmychree]

For me, it’s gotta have the set-true feature, or I don’t want it!…Dave

Set-true on a 4 jaw chuck?????????

 

[benmychree]

Buy a chuck with 2 piece jaws that is also adjustable, this will cost a good deal more yet is well worth the money.

Two piece jaws on a 4 jaw chuck??????

 

[chips&more]

Set-true on a 4 jaw chuck?????????

The original poster on this thread inquired about a 3-Jaw. My comment was to that original post. A set-true feature on a 4-jaw would be redundant!!!!!!!!!

 

[ddickey]

What kind of mount do you have?
Consider a direct mount.
I bought one, like it very much.

 

[Wreck™Wreck]

Two piece jaws on a 4 jaw chuck??????

Yes, makes set up much easier.

 

[Fabrickator]

I recently bought a couple of more chucks, 3" 4-jaw independent and 5" 4-jaw scroll. After looking around a while at the same Taiwan chucks with different mftrs. labels, I bought them through a well respected vendor - Shars. They're both low quality and bind in certain ranges. The standard Grizzly chucks always ran completely smooth and true throughout their adjusting range.

I love it when the manufacturer includes a little QC Test/Spec sheet initialed by the Asian that supposedly assembled and tested it, and then it doesn't work smoothly right out of the box. Right!!!!!

 

[Bob Korves]

I recently bought a couple of more chucks, 3" 4-jaw independent and 5" 4-jaw scroll. After looking around a while at the same Taiwan chucks with different mftrs. labels, I bought them through a well respected vendor - Shars. They're both low quality and bind in certain ranges. The standard Grizzly chucks always ran completely smooth and true throughout their adjusting range.

I love it when the manufacturer includes a little QC Test/Spec sheet initialed by the Asian that supposedly assembled and tested it, and then it doesn't work smoothly right out of the box. Right!!!!!

Usually the test sheet that comes with Chinese stuff has been photocopied enough times to hardly be readable, and IF there are some hand written numbers in the boxes, they are always right at the limit and maybe a couple a little better than acceptable numbers. Just make it look good... I laugh out loud when I see one, damned pencil whippers...

It seems a lot of people think Shars stuff is a cut above. My experience is that it is worse, if anything, just more expensive. I guess the vendor hype actually works on some people.