PSI Woodworking LDC2MT Live Tailstock 1/2" Drill Chuck with #2 Morse Taper Mount

Awesome tool, very sturdy and holds center perfect . Couldn't be any happier with the product.

Solid! Superb smooth ball races; turns incredibly freely and smoothly, with no slack whatsoever. The drill chuck is a little rough to open and close, but has no visible runout with 6" long drill chucked in it, (so maintains absolute centring). Only deficit is that the MT-2 tapered stem is slightly too short to make contact with the automatic release in the tailstock, and the end is not tapped, (as is sometimes done), to accept a short bolt or stud to make it slightly longer. I turned a little metal bead, with a stub stem to fit into the hole in the end of the stem, and glued it in place. Works perfectly. Highly recommended, and excellent value for the money. And an excellent way to create a live centre to accept turnings with a centre hole about which to turn, (in my case, spinning wheel bobbins).

Certainly not a precision chuck. There is 10 thousands runout on mine. Probably fine for a wood lathe but not for a metal lathe. It appears most of the run out is in the chuck itself so I am hoping replacing the poor quality chuck with something better will make it useable for my purposes. Buy Chinese tooling and take a chance, you might be luckier than me.

Well constructed 3 jaw drill chuck, that runs true on it’s live tailstock bearing race. Makes it a simple process to create and use my own steel mandrels, in any diameter I need for my woodturning tasks.

The only live chuck I can find that accepts a 1/2" shank. Has a tiny bit of play but it does the job.