Plastic 4 jaw- You have been warned

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

I’ve gone on the hunt for a couple of smallish 4 jaws, no hurrys but they’re in the -look out for- diary

 

So I spotted this VERY reasonably priced 4jaw, for a proxxon…and my finger hovered over the “grab it now! grab it now!” button…and the wee man in the back of my head (I’ve got the family braincell this week) said “check it out first! check it out first Ady! If it seems too good to be true then…”

 

So I had a wee look about…and it’s plastic. PLASTIC!

 

…and the advert, and various other adverts I looked at just happened to omit mentioning this because EVERYBODY knows all 4 jaws chucks are plastic

 

sigh…

[Billy MillsParticipant @billymills]

Ady- you might look at the little chucks from peatol here . They have a very reasnoble price and separate bolt on jaws that are easy to machine.

 

Proxxon do use a lot of plastic, their little cheap wood lathes use plastic collets that tend to bind up but I have not seen a plastic 4 jaw yet!

 

Billy.

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

At one of the exhibitions a man thought i was turning my nose up at hgis proxxon selection. I had to explain I appreciated the quality but they are just TOO SMALL and the materials – mostly alloys and plastic – are TOO FRAGILE!!!

 

That said I have an alloy peatol-type vertical slide and it survived some dire abuse before I got a mill!

 

Neil

[Ian Bartlett 1Participant @ianbartlett1]

Small 4 jaw. 45mm diameter, any good to you? **LINK**

Ian

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

I can get a new one anytime.

It's one of these things where you mooch about looking for a bargain

Got a brand new kubler counter for 12 quid the other week.

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

Ian, Thats even smaller than the chuck for my Super Adept, Its 2 1/4" dia(57 mm), thats ample small enough for me. I would like a self centering 3 jaw, although it not to bad centering the work in the 4 jaw, just fiddly. Ian S C

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