Grizzly H6267 4 Jaw Wood Chuck 1-1/4" x 8 TPI Product Description:
Product Description
This 4-Jaw, Self-Centering Chuck with dovetailed jaws is great for small bowl and plate turning and features jaws that grip by clamping around the workpiece or expanding to fit a turned recess. The minimum diameter required for clamping around the workpiece is 1-1/4" and the minimum diameter required for expansion is 1-13/16". Includes T-handled wrenches, wood screw point and machined chuck lever. Compact design is ideal for smaller lathes. Specifications: • Type: 3-3/4" 4-Jaw Self Centering • Size: 1-1/4" • TPI: 8
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful.
great value
By John Beaver
I have a few of these and a few of the Vicmarc's that these are clones of. For the price I don't think there is a better chuck. I have had fewer problems with the Grizzly's then with the Vicmarc's. I wish they made a 5 inch version too.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.
For the price it is a good option. If you have the tools and the know-how it is an excellent option.
By Tivo Man
This chuck is a cheap-Chinese knock-off of a rather excellent Australian (or at least it used to be) chuck from Vicmarc. So much so that the jaws from a Vicmarc will work on it perfectly. The list price on the Vicmarc is $235 and the list here, at the time I purchased mine, was $100. That is a pretty substantial difference and since I have several Vicmarc with accessory jaws for them I thought to myself hey get 2 for the price of one and be happy. So that is what I did. I bought 2Well I am happy with them but not ecstatic. As I have both I wanted to provide a simple comparison:The Vicmarc is a finely machined amazing piece of hardware. Smooth in operation, runs true, everything cut as one would expect.This Grizzly chuck works, and I want to be clear about that. The jaws open and close, the internal adapter fits tight, it has the same knock-lose bar, it holds wood well, etc... and I use them a lot. Mostly when the Vicmarc chucks that I have are already in use? If it works why do I prefer the Vicmarc over the Griz? Because it isn't smooth in action. It pops and is it moves and feels like it stops and starts base on enough pressure. Given that behavior I worry that it will come loose on bigger blanks, or just isn't tight enough, or that perhaps because I worry about it and over tighten that the jaws will bend or ??? Now following a doc I found on the Internet I took it apart. All I needed was some snap ring pliers. I cleaned it all out thoroughly and then struggle but finally got it put back together. Once I did that... Bingo! It operates much more smoothly. It feels almost as good to be honest as the Vicmarc does.But sadly during the interim while fighting with it I bought 3 more of the Vicmarc's that this thing is a copy of. So with so many of them even though better this still takes a back seat to those chucks.The specific problems I ran into:1- The jaw screw heads start to strip out on the very first change. Way to soft. I got replacements from the Internet.2- The motion wasn't smooth very binding and jerky. Taking it apart and cleaning and lubricating like mad made a major difference. To be clear most of what I cleaned out of it appears to be fine metal chips from the original machining process.3- The jaws that come with it aren't the same heavy weight as those that come from Vicmarc. I don't know that they need to be but as I said above I worry about bending or breaking with the Grizzly versions of the jaws.So for me not money well spent. For others, especially those on very tight budgets, it definitely works. I do recommend them. But I personally chose to replace all the jaws with Vicmarc's jaws. I trust them more and they have always done exactly what I wanted. However you pay a premium for them. I have waited and bought them all on sale. List price you can pay over $60 for a set of accessory jaws. On sale I paid between $15 and $40. Expensive but still worth it to not get a big bowl blank bounced off of your melon.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.Great wood lathe addition
By Woodturner
I own 4 these chucks and use them all the time, I just love them. totally enclosed back keeps out wood shavings and dirt for continuous smooth operation of the single key 4 jaw chuck. Don't know of any other chuck that does that.This is a Vicmarc 100 clone (BTW Vicmarc is a top of the line chuck) so while Grizzly has a few nice jaws for a great price, you can add any of the Vicmarc 100 jaws to this chuck, That makes it an even greater value. I have all the Grizzly jaws and have never ever had them bending or had any problem at all with them. while they are slightly yes Slightly thinner it has never been a problem. I bought my first one 6 years ago and it gets lots of use. Grizzly also sells adapters for these. they don't list them but they sell them for about $20 so if you have a different size spindle down the road you can adapt this chuck for your different spindle size.(just call them and ask)BTW I also have a Vicmarc 120 for larger turnings so I know how nice they are and how it compares to the Grizzly Clone. Oh and the Grizzly is an indexable chuck like the Vicmarc. It can be helpful if you are into segmenting or even marking out lines on your turning for designs. HTH
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