Customer Reviews for K72-160 160mm 4 Jaw Metal Lathe Chuck Independent Jaws W Chuck Key

This is a good looking chuck and functions well. I bought it to mount to a rotary table. I'll make a back plate for it and use it on the lathe as well.

Received the chuck in a wooden miniature crate (Box), this wooden box was very well made assembled with wood screws. Immediate post shipping inspection shows the chuck was intact, no scratches or dings from shipping with a coating of light preservative machine oil.Backing plate and 3 cap head bolts to attach the plate to the chuck were also included, fitting the backing plate to the chuck did not require any machine work and was within .000135 of dia..After mounting the chuck I found that the spindle runout was less than .00001, jaws closed on a 1" drill rod was .0012 first position and .00093 second, and .00062 on third. I also found that closing and turning the stock in the jaws gave a substantially reduced runout on the 1" drill rod down to .00005 or less.As a retired machinist, I also have several "Bison chucks" and amazed that this chuck holds its own against the " more expensive grade" of chucks. All inspections and measured runout were averages of 3 chuck reposition, jaw tension, stock changes, and verification of all headstock bearing deflection before measurement of the chuck and stock runout.Chuck was purchased for my 16x40, and would highly recommend this item for purchase

Very good lathe chuck for the money

One thing to keep in mind is that a back plate is needed to mount this correctly. I knew this going in but didn't know that it would be as challenging as it was to make it myself. Over all I would do it again.

Looked good but couldn_ use it as it didn_ fit my 4th axis.

Very nice chuck for the price, was actually surprised of the quality of it and the assessiores!!!!

La robusteb y el material.

Chuck has worked great so far.

Very high quality chuck, well within specs and tolerances for chucks of this type. Highly recommended.