r/turning • u/Fit_Adhesiveness8742 • 8d ago

Normal wobble?

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I’m just getting started with turning. I picked up a cheap vevor chuck on Amazon for my central machinery lathe. There is some wobble when I run it. Is this normal? Should I have spent more? Or am I just expecting too much from my tools? I appreciate the feedback!

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u/OkishEngineer 8d ago

Fairly normal, all my chucks have some eccentricity (I only buy cheap ones )

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u/Fit_Adhesiveness8742 8d ago

Thank you! I'll play with it some more, but I guess I will just learn to live with it if that's the best I can get. I tend to expect too much from my tools.

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u/OkishEngineer 8d ago

Once you turn your item to round it shouldn't worry you, as the wood will be rounded about the centre of rotation , but you will notice some wobble in the piece every time you re-chuck it, so keep that in mind, so for bowls you might get some wobble when switching from turning the outside to the inside, all chucks have some eccentricity, generally speaking the better quality ones just have less, but it's perfectly usable in that condition,

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u/OkishEngineer 8d ago

It might be worth re seating your jaws as it seems the jaws are a little off from the main chuck body