Axminster Chuck
As engineers, we automatically preferred a scroll chuck and as three jaws were totally out of the question for woodturners (cutting triangular stock is just not that easy), the four jaw chuck system was born.It
wasn't long before we explored all manner of different accessories for
the chuck as engineering style jaws were a little limited if not
dangerous. We devised a style of mounting four quadrants of a profiled
disc that we called jaws, these jaws are still to this day compatible
with all the chucks we have made. It is important to us to ensure that
the accessories you purchased yesterday will still work with the chucks
we make and sell today.Something we never anticipated was that
our chucks would be copied so much and that the market would be so
large. Our design was based around interchangeable sets of jaws where
the accessory jaws were interchangeable from set to set, whereas other
makers relied upon just the one set of jaws, changing eight screws every
time you change the profiled quadrants.The Axminster chuck system is devised to maximise work holding on the
lathe, it is cleverly thought out and proven by our own turners and
customers who, over the years, have offered ideas or constructive
criticism. Our new chuck system, the Evolution series, is just the start
of a new generation of true British made, quality engineered products
that have evolved and been carefully manufactured with pride here in
Axminster.
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