Preface - I have a Rockwell 46-450 12" lathe and a G3 Chuck with standard 50mm jaws. Recently, I've started down the path of making (or wanting to make) objects that require different work holding than my chuck can do. My plans will likely have me moving up to a 16-20" lathe, so I'd want to go up in size on the chuck slightly and get one with an insert allowing flexibility in thread size.
The chuck I have also came as a kit including cole jaws, which are useful. That said, I've read everything I can find on getting additional chucks - and have no reason not to get another nova, probably the SuperNova. But that said, every vendor I've seen only offers it with the same 50mm jaws standard. Seems to be wasteful to have the second set of same size jaws, rather than something of a different size, be it pin, or larger. Am I missing a source, or is it just not possible to avoid buying another 50mm jaw set with Nova?
The chuck I have also came as a kit including cole jaws, which are useful. That said, I've read everything I can find on getting additional chucks - and have no reason not to get another nova, probably the SuperNova. But that said, every vendor I've seen only offers it with the same 50mm jaws standard. Seems to be wasteful to have the second set of same size jaws, rather than something of a different size, be it pin, or larger. Am I missing a source, or is it just not possible to avoid buying another 50mm jaw set with Nova?