I'm still looking for a good chuck, and I tend to over analyze things. That's probably 90% of the reason I haven't purchased one yet. I've seen all of the Teknatool chucks over at the local Woodcraft store along with their house brand which comes with it's own hard plastic case.
Then I've looked at all of the chucks from Grizzly tools and Woodturnerscatalog.com , but I think I'm just being too picky.
This will be my last question on the subject then I will just bite the bullet and buy one. One last question.
Is there any way to adapt a metal work machine chuck to fit a 1" X 8 tpi spindle nose? Here is an example of what I'm talking about.
http://www.fastenal.com/web/products...ex?sku=7001387
Here is another example of the same chuck ..... http://www.toolmex.com/products/biso...?product=16875
The reason I ask is because I have a neighbor who works for a local machining corporation, and he said they have a bunch of those lying around at work that they get rid of occasionally. He said I could go down there on Monday if I chose to and pick one up from their maintenance guy.