We want to put a manual chuck on our mori nl2000 lathe. We get alot of 1-2 piece jobs and the chuck setup is killing us. We have live tooling. Looking for the best all around chuck for this kind of work, maybe there's a power chuck that would do what we want and not cost a arm and a leg. It takes so long to get your investment back running these kind of jobs.


Thanks for any help.

You should be able to get jaws on a chuck in a matter of five minutes on an NL how bad does that hurt? Robert

How big are the parts? They make S-30 collet chucks that accept a 3" bar. You just use little pads in they take one small screw. you can change from a 3" bar to a .750 hex in about 2 minutes or less.