What size Chuck

[Guy Mueller]

I want to buy one of the chucks in the 2015 Grizzly book page 150. If had to buy only one chuck what size would it be?

[Mark Greenbaum]

I want to buy one of the chucks in the 2015 Grizzly book page 150. If had to buy only one chuck what size would it be?
What size lathe do you have? That would help determine the max size chuck you can utilize. I have a Nova G3, and it can easily hold up to 12" bowls.

[Guy Mueller]

I have a small barracuda csc2000 that I use on my jet mini but I have just bought the new grizzly lathe G0766

[Michael Mason]

The next question would be what size blanks will you be turning? I looked at the page and it says the body size of the chucks, but I couldn't see where it said the jaw size or the min/max on the jaws. It really will depend on what you will be turning most.

[Joe Kaufman]

All the grizzly Chuck's on page 150 are for a 1" x 8 spindle. Your lathe will have a 1.25" x 8 spindle so you should look for a chuck that has an adapter that size. The H6267 on pages M149 is Available in 1.25 X 8, but is pretty small for your lathe. As a suggestion, look at the Hurricane Chucks at thewoodturningstore.com

[Joe Kaufman]

All the grizzly Chuck's on page 150 are for a 1" x 8 spindle. Your lathe will have a 1.25" x 8 spindle so you should look for a chuck that has an adapter that size. The H6267 on pages M149 is Available in 1.25 X 8, but is pretty small for your lathe. As a suggestion, look at the Hurricane Chucks at thewoodturningstore.com

[Thom Sturgill]

If you go to Grizzly.com and look at the G0766s little sister the G0733 they list suggested items including the H6267 chuck. I don't see any spec on the size/weight of the chuck body. If you want to turn at the lathe's maximum capacity you probably need to buy one of the big chucks like the Nova Titan2 (5") , the OneWay Talon (4 1/2"), or the Vicmarc VM120 (5") or VM150 (6") with appropriate jaws.

I believe the Grizzly is a Vicmarc VM100 clone. The VM100 has a 3 3/4" body.

One could easliy tie up as much in the cost of chucks as the G0766 costs.

[Robert Henrickson]

If you want to turn at the lathe's maximum capacity you probably need to buy one of the big chucks like the Nova Titan2 (5") , the OneWay Talon (4 1/2"), or the Vicmarc VM120 (5") or VM150 (6") with appropriate jaws.

If you're suggesting big chucks, shouldn't it be the Oneway Stronghold rather than the Talon?

[Thom Sturgill]

You are right. I was skipping back and forth looking at sizes. I don't have a big chuck myself - the SN2 handles most of my needs since I turn on a Jet 1642. My point was that with a 3hp lathe with a very large swing he needs at least one LARGE chuck to handle material as large an the lathe can swing, I'm assuming it comes with a 6" or so faceplate...

[Brian Myers]

Think Thom meant the Stronghold since it is 4-1/2" and the Talon is 3-1/2". There are other large chucks for a budget price including the Hurricane chucks ( HTC100 @ 4" and HTC125 @ 5") and Bulldog chucks (BD450 @ 4.5" and BD550 @ 5.5").

[Guy Mueller]

i have a tight budget that's why I'm looking at the Grizzly T10810 or T10811 and buying the adapter to go from 1'' to 1 1/4" for half the money of a Vic, one way etc. I would like hear from people that have bought either Grizzly chuck

[Brian Myers]

The adapter for those looks to be a spindle adapter not an insert.

[Joe Kaufman]

I've had the grizzly H6267 chuck for about eight years with no problems and the jaws are reasonably priced. I've had the hurricane HTC 125 Chuck for about a year and a half and several jaw sets and only had some initial cosmetic problems that were corrected. I find the HTC125 is the most accurate as far as rechucking a bowl. Very seldom do I need to fiddle with the bowl to get it to run true. I also have a couple of Nova Chucks, but I don,t like the chuck keys and backwards operation.