soft jaws VS hard jaws

Randy, For bar work I use a collet chuck which generally eliminates clearance problems like you've described.

When I run cut pieces I tend to use pie jaws rather than a conventional looking jaw. My cut blank work generally has a thru hole and I find that the conventional jaws will give me a 3 lobed bore no matter how low the chuck pressure is.

Best, Steve

Steve, I run a 5C collet for under 1" work, no tool interference problems with this setup. My Hyundai has a 2.5" bar capacity thru the draw tube, so for 2.5" stuff chuck jaws sticking out past the chuck start to be a poblem.

I have never used a set of pie jaws, might be something I will need if I get to thin walled stuff. There is no finesse on tighting the jaws like on a manual lathe.

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Randy, If you don't already know about US Shop Tools for lathe jaws here is a link:

This guy on ebay makes a nicer soft jaw than US Shop Tools, especially his pie jaws:

Best, Steve

Bought from USshoptolls already. I'll check the other guy, thanks.

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Randy

Here is a company that sells jaws located very near you.

John