Jacobs Spindle Nose Collet Chuck

[Mikel Levy]

This is a Jacobs spindle nose Rubber Flex collet chuck that will mount to an L00 lathe spindle. It will handle stock diameters up to 1 3/8" (35mm), and will handle metric and imperial sizes with the same set of 11 collets (not included), which may be found on ebay and elsewhere. The collet closer nut has a hairline crack all the way down one side, which a previous owner stabilized by press-fitting a metal ring around the outside of the nut. It's hard to make out in the photo, but the crack can just be seen on the face of the nut at about the 5:00 position. This chuck has always worked fine for me despite the crack, but since I no longer have a lathe with an L00 spindle nose, I have no further need of it. $159 plus shipping (probably around $20).

A complete operator's manual is available for free online. To see this kind of chuck in action see the attached video.

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