[bond3737]

anybody heard anything about this? used it? own it? know someone who has? seems pretty darn pricey but kind of nifty. Just thought id see if anyone had some experience with it

 

[bond3737]

sorry forgot to include the link

 

[Nate Bos]

This has already had a pretty good discussion here

 

[Dave Paine]

I cannot believe the price of the Easy Wood Chuck.

The other day I was in my local Woodcraft store and asked one of the employees who is also a member of our Woodturning club if they have sold any due to the high price. He said they have sold 2, but had to discount them.

He also mentioned there is a disclaimer sticker about the chuck being good only up to 2,000 RPM. I just went to the EST site and looked at the manual for the chuck. It does indeed state max of 2,000 RPM, which is a surprise.

Personally I would prefer my two Talon chucks to a single EWT chuck.

 

[bond3737]

thanks nate and dave. had not seen the thread before. Looks pretty nifty. interesting thing about the speeds.

 

[Manuka Jock]

Maybe at 2000 + revs centrifugal force compresses the locking springs and the jaw slides fire out :laughing:

 

[TomC]

I got an email recently announcing they dropped the price by $100. It's still pricy!
Tom

 

[DaveTTC]

Maybe at 2000 + revs centrifugal force compresses the locking springs and the jaw slides fire out :laughing:

Not a problem if your using it in expansion mode

 

[Burb]

The president of our turning club has one as speaks very highly of it. He bought it in when we had a guest turner who also used it and seemed sold on buying one based on the ability to swap out so easily.

 

[Manuka Jock]

Not a problem if your using it in expansion mode

damm , I'm a contraction man :huh:

 

[HLW]

Way over priced IMO.:furious: I'd rather spend my money on a Talon or a Nova chuck and have money left over. For the price of the Easy Wood chuck one could probably buy a Rikon lathe on sale and a chuck to go with it. Oh did I say I didn't think they were worth it?:thumbdown:

 

[john lucas]

I spent a week turning with the owner of our local Woodcraft. He used one all week turning all kinds of things. Don't know if he turned over 2000 rpm.
Nova now has a chuck that has quick change jaws also. It runs about $400 which is probably why EasyWood had to lower thiers.
That being said you can buy several of the chucks from ChucksPlus for the price of one EW or Nova.

 

[Manuka Jock]

The Teknatool quickchange slides can be retro fitted to the existing chuck range.
A new chuck with the Ifinity slides is somewhat cheaper than $400

http://www.teknatool.com/Infinity_quick_change.htm