William Herzig
12-08-2014, 11:23 PM
Hello,
New guy here looking for a little help. I know there are a ton of chuck threads on here but none of them cover the models that I am interested in so I have to start a new thread, sorry.
I have done a little turning here and there, mostly pens and similar small items, on my Nova Mercury mini lathe. I have recently decided that I want to turn some pepper mills and chess pieces so I decided to ask for a scroll chuck for Christmas. My budget is limited, since it will be from my my I will be paying anyway, and I do not have any plans to get a larger lathe anytime soon (i.e. maybe never) so I want to go with something small. The ones that I was looking at were the Nova G3, the BullDog BD 275 and the new Grizzly T10808.
I pretty much ruled the G3 out because of the cost of the additional jaws, if I add them in the future. I can get a G3 reversible with 2 set of jaws for $150 which is a good deal but I will need the pin jaws which are over $50, which bring initial investment to $200.
I have not seen anything about the new Grizzly chuck, which would be my best option cost wise, $159 for chuck and 5 set of jaws. Most of the other Grizzly reviews complained of excessive runout, I do not need perfect but I do need good. Most people said they eventually got one that ran true but it took returning 2 or 3 to get a good one, not a hassle that I want to deal with.
That brings me to the BullDog BD 275, $140 for the chuck, $27 for the pin jaws and my initial investment would be $167. Any of the other jaws that I would look to purchase would also be much cheaper than any of the Nova jaws.
If anyone has any experience with either the Grizzly T10808 chuck set or the BullDog BD 275 could you please help out.
Thanks,Bill
New guy here looking for a little help. I know there are a ton of chuck threads on here but none of them cover the models that I am interested in so I have to start a new thread, sorry.
I have done a little turning here and there, mostly pens and similar small items, on my Nova Mercury mini lathe. I have recently decided that I want to turn some pepper mills and chess pieces so I decided to ask for a scroll chuck for Christmas. My budget is limited, since it will be from my my I will be paying anyway, and I do not have any plans to get a larger lathe anytime soon (i.e. maybe never) so I want to go with something small. The ones that I was looking at were the Nova G3, the BullDog BD 275 and the new Grizzly T10808.
I pretty much ruled the G3 out because of the cost of the additional jaws, if I add them in the future. I can get a G3 reversible with 2 set of jaws for $150 which is a good deal but I will need the pin jaws which are over $50, which bring initial investment to $200.
I have not seen anything about the new Grizzly chuck, which would be my best option cost wise, $159 for chuck and 5 set of jaws. Most of the other Grizzly reviews complained of excessive runout, I do not need perfect but I do need good. Most people said they eventually got one that ran true but it took returning 2 or 3 to get a good one, not a hassle that I want to deal with.
That brings me to the BullDog BD 275, $140 for the chuck, $27 for the pin jaws and my initial investment would be $167. Any of the other jaws that I would look to purchase would also be much cheaper than any of the Nova jaws.
If anyone has any experience with either the Grizzly T10808 chuck set or the BullDog BD 275 could you please help out.
Thanks,Bill