Customer Reviews for 160mm (6") 4-jaw Metal Lathe Chuck Independent Jaws W Chuck Key

The mini lathe takes a 100mm 3 bolt chuck type K11 but there is no suitable 4 jaw available, so I bought this 125mm K72 4 bolt chuck and made an adaptor to fit. A K11 160mm face plate has the register and bolt pattern to fit the lathe spindle, all it needs is the face turned to replicate the K72 register with 4 bolt holes. This took a couple of hours to achieve and the chuck was finally fitted. It ran true but is a lot heavier than the 100mm chucks, made worse bt the cast iron face plate, so the face plate was reduced in diameter to 125mm, which noticably reduced the inertia of the whole set up. The chuck needed a strip, clean and greasing before use, one jaw was noticably tighter in its slot so all four were changed around until the best combination of fit was found. One is still a little tighter than the others but it will wear in with use. This is a nice chuck and the extra weight is quite useful to keep heavy cuts going smoothly. General advise is to use a 4 jaw chuck one size bigger than a 3 jaw and I think that is correct, it will enable holding of rectangular pieces with the jaws as far out as needed, as long as they clear the bed of course.

Arrived in good time and was reasonably priced .when the lathe I bought from vevor is repaired after 2 hours use I will make an adaptor plate so that it can be fitted to the 3 jaw drive plate on the lathe and then see what it's like.

A bit sloppy to adjust the jaws. Would prefer a finer pitch on the screws to adjust the jaws. With that said this my first time using a 4-jaw.

OK as far as possible. Considering the price. Nicely packed, nothing was missing. The jaws have a little play, but nothing terrible.

Very good price over quality. Arrived fast, well pakaging. It is remarkable when it comes to concentricity and easy to use.

Chuck was easy to order and works well, is easy to adjust and has reversible jaws which helps a lot. Having a chuck is one thing but without a face plate it is pretty useless and Vevor do not sell faceplates for their chucks.Nor do they sell the internally threaded, weld in sleeves as supplied with the dividing head. This lack of depth causes many problems if one does not have an imperial screw cutting lathe. Surely it would not be beyond the wit and wisdom of a company the size of Vevor who proports to do such a good job of providing all the tools an engineer might need. Sadly they do not think that way so care should be taken when ordering to ensue you can get a spares backup!!

Great quality for the price. Mounted on a mini lathe to grip larger stock. Very good for hobby work, which is my field.

- immediately delivered - approx. 3 work days, - quality looks very good, - function - not used yet

Arrived quickly, Good price, Very good quality. I needed to make a backplate to fit this chuck to my lathe, but after making and fitting It runs true and has good grip on work even with my uprated motor. Has a nice finish which it has retained with a light application of oil even in all the damp air we are getting at present. Very happy with this Chuck.

Chuck is well built and works as described, I had to re-drill the hole pattern to fit my large bore 210 lathe but that was no problem in cast iron, the mounting recess was perfect, chucks mounted, I prefer the 4 jaw independent, rather than the 4 jaw supplied with the lathe, Good job Vevor!