Anyone used toolinghubindia?

I'm not sure what category this would go into so I just threw it in general questions.

Has anyone ever used this ebay seller?

I am attracted by their small lathe chucks and their quite cheap rotary tables. My understanding of foreign sellers is they can e great bargains or massive scams.

Their feedback is 100% but when you check the individual feedback there are 316 indentical "private " transactions all with one seller giving the exact same feedback. Said seller has never actually sold something listed on ebay. (smell fishy?)

Can I trust anyone here not to be a robot and to have previous expierence with em?

dont know what you are looking at but the seller in the link has feedback from very different people for very different items - looks ok to me. Just pay with PAYPAL and there should be no problems.

As Fizzy says this LOOKS fine

MichaelG.

Be aware that, in theory, you will be liable for VAT at 20% and a collection fee from the carrier. I went through this exercise only this week and plumped for a UK seller - should be hassle free and quicker delivery. You might want to compare the Hubindia price for the 65mm chuck.

HTH

Rod

I've been buying increasing amounts of kit, mainly components and bits of test gear off eBay from a variety of Chinese / Hong Kong sellers. Their feedback is often less than 100%, yet I've had 100% service on every purchase. One purchase took 3 months to arrive - £125 of test kit. I eMailed the seller after 4 weeks and he responded immediately with an offer to mail out the kit again or refund my money. I said I'd wait, when it turned up it had been in a Swiss customs warehouse for at least two months. The rest of the kit typically pitches up in about 3 weeks.

I bought some quite expensive test from Germany (it was all up cheaper than buying from the UK) and the service was excellent. So it's not that Foreign sellers are scammers, but that scammers are scammers.

Steve

The small chucks don't look any different to those available from the UK to me and it seems more costly in some cases.

India was used in much the same way as China is now some years ago and it was good quality stuff. Not so sure that will be the case now. For instance there are some microscope sales people based there and I have heard lots of bad reports about their products - really bad.

If I wanted to buy from them I think I would email and ask about materials - chucks made out of mild steel are chucks made out of mild steel where ever they come from - if they look the same they very probably are.

John

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That would be good! I'm looking for a 3 jaw for my Flexispeed and, quite frankly, it doesn't warrant spending more than 50 quid. These chucks appear to be available in 12 x 1mm and 14 x 1mm. not the 1/2" BSF I'm after. I'm hoping the chuck body will be soft enough to turn out the existing thread (with carbide) and insert a plug with the correct size thread. I don't really want a backplate because I would like to minimise the overhang.

Rod

Rainbows,

The eBay seller you refer to is a direct or indirect relation of Indian exporters who supply to the U.K. importers of Indian origin goods. Direct means it is an exporter who sells to the U.K. importer and at the same time sells behind the importers back, disguised as someone else. Indirect means a relative or close friend.

The rotary table will be of variable ilk. This particular type of chuck generally has variable runout - at this price. How bad it can get is an open question. However, plenty are sold and probably meet a specific demand at the low price.

I would suggest you consider purchasing these from one of the three importers - RDG, Chronos or Warco. At least if you have a problem, it becomes easier to solve.

The chuck in Rodericks link is of Chinese origin.

Ketan at ARC.

What about Peatol Rod ? I think the 3 jaw is the same as the 4 jaw, 80mm dia / slightly over and a 3/4 by some tpi thread plus a short 3/4 register. Soft aluminium jaws. If those are machined the right way they are as good as a collet - if the lathe is turning parallel. It's just a case of turning a shallow register at the back of the jaws, gripping something round in it while pulling it back into the register and then machining the jaws. Remove the round thing and turn off the slight lip that has been left. Very slightly over your budget but having used one I see it as a decent quality item. If messed up some how spare jaws are not that expensive. I machined mine to hold normal and larger diameters, just a sort of L shape as I did some rather heavy work with it for a chuck of this type. The lager OD option involved removing around 1/2 the length and depth of the jaws.

John

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My Wizard has the same problem with getting new chucks. However the spindle is also very worn so I plan to straight up have a new spindle made with a modern 14x1 thread. I could try and sell off the chuck on it to partially fund my new one but it appears to be siezed onto the old spindle (though since the spindle will be redundant I am going to look at more heavy handed means of extraction).

I'd considered a Peatol chuck but the price delivered to my door was likely more than I'm prepared to pay. I'm not too bothered about run-out - I have a nice little (Adept no less!) four jaw if I need accuracy which is why, when I made a new spindle for the Flexispeed, I stuck with the original thread. I've also made a chuck for my ER25 collets. If I wanted a good 3 jaw I'd go for one of Ketan's with a backplate. I was sorely tempted but £100 is too much for occasional use on this little lathe - not to mention the overhang on a rather slender spindle.

Rod

I thought they worked out at £57 Rod, inc postage.

My last bit of Peatol abuse - Boxford spindle. Worst before that was a pulley that it could scarcely swing with the riser blocks on

John

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Well thats a good advert for them

I'm hoping the chuck body will be soft enough to turn out the existing thread (with carbide) and insert a plug with the correct size thread.

I bought one a couple of years ago, of Indian origin, for 40-50 quid

The back/black part is case hardened and is rock hard (I tried to drill mine with hss so it had more tensioning bar holes- not a hope), they are chunky and strong for small chucks.

Assuming they are still the same you will need carbide tooling and a good lathe to muck about with the black part

The main body appears to be made of a good grade machineable steel so a new plug should be possible

Edit: Just realised, Mine is the 50mm version

Edited By Ady1 on 09/08/2015 01:39:59

I had been worried the black section was plastic. Good to know it is in fact steel.