A_Pmech
Stainless
- Joined
- Dec 27, 2004
- Location
- Central IL, USA
In this thread I asked for some opinions on 3-jaw and 6-jaw chucks. Initially, I was interested in the Buck semi-steel BVC series chucks as I had assumed they were still made in the USA. In fact, I called Buck Chuck to ask about the country of origin of their current products, but have yet to receive a response.
So, I called Jennifer at MSC Industrial supply. Jennifer told me that the flagship forged steel ATSC "Set True" Buck chucks are now MADE IN TAIWAN!. That explains these photos taken several years ago by Jon_Spear and posted in the thread Is Buck Chuck Still With Us?
Buck is now Chinese Junk at a premium (4x markup) price!
Oh, and by the way... Buck chuck changed the design of their chucks when they moved production to China. Thus, new Chinese parts will not replace old, worn out USA parts. You have to buy a whole new chuck!
Not only are Buck Chucks now made in Taiwan, but the Pratt Burnerd chucks listed in the 2006/2007 MSC catalog, such as item# 08573289 (made in UK) have been discontinued. The new MSC item# is 85029205 and they're made in China now too!
In fact, every lathe chuck listed in the 2006/2007 MSC catalog except for the Rohm and Bison brands are now made in Asia!
With last year's closure of the Jacobs chuck plant, we don't make drill chucks here any any longer. Does anybody in this country still make a damned lathe chuck?
So, I called Jennifer at MSC Industrial supply. Jennifer told me that the flagship forged steel ATSC "Set True" Buck chucks are now MADE IN TAIWAN!. That explains these photos taken several years ago by Jon_Spear and posted in the thread Is Buck Chuck Still With Us?
Buck is now Chinese Junk at a premium (4x markup) price!
Jon_Spear said:Below are some of the replacement jaws that came with the chuck. The paper pieces in which they were wrapped have no English written on them.
Oh, and by the way... Buck chuck changed the design of their chucks when they moved production to China. Thus, new Chinese parts will not replace old, worn out USA parts. You have to buy a whole new chuck!
Current Buck Chuck Product Catalog Page 4 said:The chart to the left refers to the replacement options for
the obsolete AT+ model of chucks. The ATSC was designed
as a replacement for this chuck - the components are not
interchangeable, but the ATSC can be mounted to the
existing adapter plate from your AT+ chuck.
Not only are Buck Chucks now made in Taiwan, but the Pratt Burnerd chucks listed in the 2006/2007 MSC catalog, such as item# 08573289 (made in UK) have been discontinued. The new MSC item# is 85029205 and they're made in China now too!
In fact, every lathe chuck listed in the 2006/2007 MSC catalog except for the Rohm and Bison brands are now made in Asia!
With last year's closure of the Jacobs chuck plant, we don't make drill chucks here any any longer. Does anybody in this country still make a damned lathe chuck?