Grizzly Industrial G8784 4-Jaw Chuck With 1 Inch Round Piece Capacity And 8 TPI Thread. Review

I am very new to turning, so I didn't want to spend a fortune for one of the nice chucks, so I went with this one. I have used it to clamp both square and round stock and it works well. The 2 lever tightening system could be better, but it does the job. It did loosen itself during turning, but that only happened once and it could have been my fault for not clamping tight enough. Anyway, if you want a decent chuck for a good price, look into this one.

Wll This is pretty much what I expected. This chuck works but I imagine the more expensive chucks work much better and can achieve a better grip on the work piece. I do not know what problems the other reviewer was experiencing but I have only used this chuck to grip the OD of the work (I imagine ID would work as well). The 1st 1/8" or so is tapered inward and I have found making a short tapered tenon to work the best in OD gripping situations although since I am a beginner and do run into the…

This is a great product, and many people on the woodworking forum I frequent agree. I recommend it, just make sure you know how to use it.

I got two of these as spares in addition to a couple of higher end chucks I have, since I have a habit of leaving unfinished work sitting around, and I prefer to never re-chuck my work to so I don't get wobble when I re-chuck. I was expecting a cheap tool that worked as well as a cheap tool should, but was quite pleasantly surprised.For a test, I turned a 8" piece of wood in a Wood River chuck. I rotated the wood in the chuck 90 degrees, and got a tiny bit of misalignment, exactly what you'd…

One of my hobbies is wood turning and I use several chucks and decided to try one of these because of the price. Chuck is solid made and operates well. My only disappointment was the holes on my PSI bowl chuck did not match this chuck. But having other chucks I was able to swap around and I use this chuck for another purpose. For the price this chuck is a good value.

Arrived on time, as projected; was ready to use right out of the box; rods for tightening the chuck are suitably substantial to do all tightening thus far; has undergone heavy usage and still performing well; overall great product - delighted with purchase. Plan to buy another for spare.

This chuck works great. It hold the wood very strongly. I would recommend this chuck to any woodworker.The shipment arrived one week earlier than expected.