Chuck Ellis
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- Tellico Plains, Tennessee
I have one of the Barracuda's from PSI.. it's a good chuck and I use it constantly.. when I bought it on sale, I think it was about $69.. came with 3 sets of jaws, "tommy" bars, adapter nuts to fit a 1 x 8 tpi, 3/4 x 16 tpi and by leaving the adapter off, it'll fit a 1 1/4 x 12 tpi... wish now I had bought two.. it is somewhat of a pain to work with the two bars... one of them keeps jumping off the chuck and rolling behind or under the lathe... it's difficult sometimes to mount a piece squarely with the chuck on the lathe, almost need a 3rd hand... would opt for the one handed key if possible.