Neil Strong
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For what I do I only use a screw to mount small to medium sized pieces to turn the bottoms (face rings for larger pieces) then use chuck jaws to hold...

Fair enough! If it annoys you every time you look at it, better to just fix it and have the satisfaction of having that done. In my case I...

Ditto... and because I have a mix of Nova and VMs with both keys and bars, but don't add that if the key socket is stamped with the arrow. ...

Edward From your photos I can see that you have reduced the length of the thread on the left insert and this has allowed it to seat on the back of...

I have a half dozen of each, plus a few strays, and in most 'flavours'. Can't say that one make is better than the other... both have their pros and...

Agree with you there, Edward.

I'm also curious to see what what they send you and look forward to hearing your assessment, Richard.

Yes, if it ain't broke, etc., etc.

Agreed, John. Yours appear to be cast with no machined finish. Some of mine are quite old, most over 20yrs, so may predate the move to manufacture...

~ Got around to taking some photos of the screws that came with my Vicmarc and Nova chucks. Buttress thread on the VMs

Richard That explains a lot. And, it also highlights the advantage of equipment/tool manufactures who are also woodturners. You would never...

Two from down our way... Teknatool TL-1000 - single square tube - introduced in the 1980s. The TL-1000 also sold into Canada. Besides being a...

I agree with you Edward, it's nothing like a buttress thread. I was going to have a closer look at the VM screws the next time I'm at my workshop,...

Richard, thank you for your review on the VM 3-in-1. I'm surprised to see the thread on the VM screw as supplied. Not only does it look as though...

Agreed! And, here are his chuck cleaning videos if anyone would like to see them... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TNSbMA2U_w ...

Putting the spindle under more tension than compression also helps. I've used a 3-jaw mini-chuck mounted on a live centre (with drawbar) in the...

I remember well that short video made by 'Robbo'. I refrained from commenting on it at the time as the intention of the video was to warn novice...

If I was purchasing a lathe here now in Australia to be my only lathe it would probably be the VL240, because I much prefer to turn outboard. My...

At most chair spindle thicknesses a 45" long piece is going to deflect on even the stiffest of bed ways. Having stiff bed ways helps but reducing the...

I do 95% of my turning outboard on swivel head lathes. I prefer to turn that way, as does my back. I have used both Vicmarc and Woodfast swivel...

Not at all. Having lived through the development of the modern woodturning chuck I know how tricky it can be to find and sort these things out. ...

There seems to be two threads running on this same topic. I have also posted in the other thread not realising that was the case.

There seems to be two threads running on this same topic. I have also posted in the other thread not realising that was the case.

The hole pattern (ie 4 per jaw) in your third jaw set is the same as those in my Nova 100mm bowl jaw set... As far as I know Vicmarc and Oneway...

OK, I'll measure my Nova, smaller Vicmarc and larger Vicmarc jaw sets when I'm in my workshop next and let you know. And, here is a thread on...

Yes, Vicmarc. 1st is Vicmarc 35mm Pin Jaws 2nd is Vicmarc Shark Jaws - they go from 48mm to 130mm OD on the true circle. 3rd could be...