Multistar Chuck
From the moment of opening the box, I immediately felt that the chuck
was extremely well manufactured and nicely finished, with all sharp
edges from machining removed.The chuck body comes complete with a 24-point indexing facility and I
appreciated the clear instructions which came with diagrams showing
step-by- step procedures for inserting the jaws. I was very pleasantly
surprised at how easy this was and didn't experience any of the trouble I
remembered from before. The ease of putting the jaws together is due to
the metal 'O' ring which holds the jaws in place - something my collet
chuck didn't have.I used the chuck grips accurately and securely both in compression
and expansion modes, turning a 406mm (16in) diameter platter using the
DJ90 jaws on a 75mm (3in) spigot. These cleverly designed jaws not only
allow the spigot sizes to be used but can also be used in expansion mode
by making use of the expansion plug and ring that are supplied with the
chuck.
Six different sized steel jaws are available, including an 18mm
(3/4in) spigot and 25 mm (1in) recess up to 75mm (3in) spigot and 90mm
(3in) recess. In addition the two largest sized jaws are machined to
accept a 38mm (1 1/2in) parallel spigot. The largest jaw set - the DJ90 -
also has 2 M6 threaded holes in each jaw to enable home-made extension
plates to be secured to them, making for a very versatile piece of kit.
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