Dipping my toe in the pond

[Walter]

Just had a thought that you might mean the Supernova is discontinued. It is no longer distributed by Record badged as a Record power product, but it never was a Record item really, like the Nova lathes it is manufactured in China/Taiwan for Teknatool in new Zealand. It has always been marketed as such in the USA and the antipodes, and now Brimarc, the wholesale arm of Axminster are the UK distributors.

Sorry if that was a bit protracted, but the bottom line is the Supenova, and its cousin the G3, are still available from Brimarc distributors:

Woodturning Chucks - NOVA - BriMarc Tools & Machinery

 

[wm460]

The only thing I dont like about the nova chucks is you have to turn the key anticlockwise to tighten the jaws after using the Axminster chucks for many years whict tighten up by turning the key clockwise other than that they are excellent chucks good luck and happy turning

At lest some one agrees with me.

 

[Penpal]

Right or left you soon get used to it, a lot of my purchases have been oportunistic over a long period of time. The result is all tools have their quirks, like people, for example many of us are left handed. Wood working taught me to use chisels etc left and right hand no worries.

I do find using fountain pens is painful with just routine cleaning and filling etc, I value the convenience that followed the invention of Biros.

Peter.