Rather a nice idea if it works well

[Jay Jolliffe]

Being in Ireland & looking at mags that we don't have in the US I came across a chuck that has a backing plate with indexing holes in it & you buy it to fit the spindle thread of your lathe. You can also use the jaws from you existing chuck...Sounds pretty nice. It's called Versachuck. Has anyone used one or know anything about it.

[Josh Bowman]

Here's a picture that I got from Google.

[Alan Trout]

What is just as neat they sell different slides that will accept Nova jaws, Oneway jaws, Vicmarc jaws, Axminster jaws, Multistar jaws etc. That is the part that really intrigues me. It is my understanding they are a good product that is very similar to the old Axminster super precision chuck.

Alan

[David Walser]

Jay,

My Vicmarc chucks all have indexing holes on the back plate. I think there are 24 indexing holes (one every 15 degrees).

[Mike Cruz]

Yup, the Grizzly knock off of the Vicmarc 90 has them, too. So does the Hurricane HTC. Now, the interchangeable jaws (from manufacturer to manufacturer is neat), but I don't change jaws anyway... How much is this chuck?

Oh, and to answer your question, no, I have no experience with the Versachuck.

[Alan Trout]

Its about $227 US which is in line for a quality chuck.

[Mike Cruz]

Certainly sounds reasonable.

[Aric Krueger]

The interchangeable jaws sounds handy. If it is just the ability to index, a universal index attachment is available from Penn State Industries for about $30.00. I think it fits 1" x 8 tpi spindles, or adapters can be used for other spindle sizes.

http://www.pennstateind.com/store/LIXU.html

[Bernie Weishapl]

I like the idea of being able to use multiple jaws. That kinda got my attention.