Best drill chuck for X2?

[Nateg281]

I'm almost done tooling up my X2 and just need to purchase a good drill chuck. I will be using the Tormach quick change tooling and a Glacern 4" vice. I have roughly 7.5" of Z clearance measured with the vise mounted according to the specs on Glacern's page. Any advice choosing a chuck would be most helpful. I'm not independently wealthy so anything upwards of $100 is in the "I wish!" category and not reality : ) Thanks in advance!

[alexander m]

The best drill chucks are the keyless chuck from Albrecht or Jacob's with a price starting at $200, but thats what you pay to get a runout of <.001". with a budget of $100 then I would suggest a heavy duty keyed jacobs chuck from grizzly or enco, with arbor it will come to $90. http://www.grizzly.com/products/Heav...-1-2-JT2/G8627 . Don't bother with anything bigger then a half inch chuck, put the money towards a boring head.