Supernova chuck opinions?
#20
I am trying to load pictures from my phone but I am unable to do it.  I resized to the smallest size available and it still does not work.
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#21
Looks like I figured out the photo posting procedure.  There were three chucks included in the deal, along with a couple extra jaw sets.  I think one of the chucks might be a metal lathe chuck, but I am not really sure.  In any case, it looks like all the pieces of the Supernova are there.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
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#22
A few more pictures of some of the parts.  Notice the different size of the "loose" jaws compared to those mounted on the Supernova.  Is there supposed to be a cover on the back side of the Supernova to keep the dust out?

   
   
   
   
   
   
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#23
(04-13-2022, 02:28 PM)arnman Wrote: A few more pictures of some of the parts.  Notice the different size of the "loose" jaws compared to those mounted on the Supernova.  Is there supposed to be a cover on the back side of the Supernova to keep the dust out?

You've got two woodworking and one metal chuck, as you assume.  Stop by Home - NOVA, a Teknatool Brand and get the designations for the chucks and accessories. 

PLEASE tell me you didn't get that haul for $50 !!!!

No back on the super.  Most of us collect dust as it's created in a DC, not the chuck.  Glasses on, compressed air, WD40 wash if it's sticky.
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#24
(04-13-2022, 03:27 PM)MichaelMouse Wrote: PLEASE tell me you didn't get that haul for $50 !!!!

Umm.... I guess this time I got lucky.  Definitely not meaning to gloat, I initially started the conversation because the info on the web seemed so scarce.   

And thanks for the additional clarifications!
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#25
Be careful using the metal chuck. The spinning jaws are almost invisible and they will hurt you if you run your hand or a tool into them.
Proud maker of large quantities of sawdust......oh, and the occasional project!
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#26
For those looking for a replacement SN1 key, if you can't find a used one (eBay?), it appears a firm in the UK is making new ones:

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#27
(04-22-2022, 05:22 AM)KyleD Wrote: Be careful using the metal chuck. The spinning jaws are almost invisible and they will hurt you if you run your hand or a tool into them.

Yikes.  Thanks for pointing that out.
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#28
(04-22-2022, 01:07 PM)arnman Wrote:
(04-22-2022, 05:22 AM)KyleD Wrote: Be careful using the metal chuck. The spinning jaws are almost invisible and they will hurt you if you run your hand or a tool into them.

Yikes.  Thanks for pointing that out.

I was in a class taught by Richard Raffin along with one of the guys now teaching turning classes at the local Woodcraft.

That other student got careless and got a catch that bounced the tip of his spindle gouge into the chuck jaws. That was not really a bad problem until he used his fingers to check for damage to the jaws before the lathe finished spinning down. The gouge had raises a knife-edge on the corner of one of the jaws. The cuts were not horrendous, but it took a while for him to get the bleeding to slow down enough that he could use some bandaids as a pressure bandage and effectively stop the bleeding. He managed to borrow a metal file from the store and take the burrs off the jaws. It made everyone in the class a little less aggressive about how close we were working to the chuck.

Some of the people in our club take a hair scroungy and put it over the outside of the jaws. That way, a moment of carelessness means that you touch the scroungy and not the corner of a jaw.

Edited to add: KyleD's heads up also applies to any turnings that you do that have "wings." Turning a square plate is an easy example, but live-edge turnings can have that same issue to be aware of.
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