Dealmonger: Jacobs Medium Duty Chuck
As we noted earlier, Jacobs closed its last US plant. This seems to have generated closeout deals on some Jacobs products. Amazon has the Jacobs 6208 1B Medium Duty Chuck for $15.60 w/ SS shipping, which is about half of what they used to cost (list prices never meant much, but it’s a discount from the normal discount). It’s worth your while surfing the Jacobs listings [What’s This?] on Amazon, as there are some fantastic deals on milling toolholders and other chucks as well. Just make sure you cross check prices — some stuff is still at retail.
http://www.amazon.com/Jacobs-6208-Millimeter-Capacity-Threaded/dp/B001DZIK62/
The price is not 15.60 anymore – maybe it never was? Shows as 69.13 with a list price of 109.98
The Jacobs 7BA is listed at $19.51, a better chuck IMHO
Not many will be interested in 1/4″ chucks.
http://www.amazon.com/Jacobs-6255-Millimeter-Capacity-Threaded/dp/B0000DCZ3X