These grippers are made of aluminum that has a long lasting and bright red anodized coating. They are covered with Tygon for great gripping power and to be gentle to the edge of the bowl. They are held with button head hex drive bolts that use the same hex wrench that you use to mount the jaws on the chuck, so you won’t need another tool to use them.
Since the bolt holds against the aluminum you don’t deform the grippers as you tighten them to the jaws. Also, since these are machined and the Tygon covering is very uniform you won’t have any run out like you get with the standard rubber grippers. As long as your work is turned round you can mount and remount with very little if any alignment concerns. Once you start to use these you’ll likely never use the standard grippers again even if you don’t need the additional height these give you. In one of the photos I show these holding a bowl with a dropped edge. The point of contact is about ½ inch above the face of the jaw. Try that with your standard grippers.
Please note that the jaws and chuck you see in a couple of the photos is NOT INCLUDED!
The kit includes 8 grippers with Tygon covering and 8 bolts. I know it fits Nova chucks, but it may also work with other chucks. This system will work with any scroll chuck that has M6-1.0 threads for mounting. You can also use these without the Cole jaws since the will attach directly to the slides in the chuck. This can be handy for smaller work.
If you’re not in the U.S. and would still like to purchase this or any of my items please just send me a message or email. I’ll send you a response with the shipping cost to you. You can also learn more about me and these tools on my web site: WWW.DWMontville.com.
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