Originally Posted by
tom lucas
I have both the Nova and a Oneway. I use both all the time. Each has advantages over the other. The Nova has a lot of versatility. One is the use of the Nova scroll chuck adapter that is live when inserted in the Nova chuck. This lets you spin the scroll chuck to help seat reversing into a vacuum or jamb chuck. You can put that adapter directly in the tailstock, but it won't be truly live. However, there are some nifty 3rd party attachments for the Oneway, like the Rubber Chucky tips, that do not work with the Nova.