October 4, 2011

 

Buck Chuck Company will be at the Wisconsin Manufacturing & Technology Show from Tuesday, October 4th through Thursday, October 6th. Stop by and see us!

 

Wisconsin Manufacturing & Technology Show

 

 

 

September 30, 2011

 

Buck Chuck Company has recently released a new product catalog. Check it out on our Catalogs page.

 

 

 

September 12, 2011

 

BUCK CHUCK ANNOUNCES NEW WEST COAST SALES REPRESENTATIVE

Traverse City, Michigan – The Buck Chuck Company of Traverse City, Michigan, has recently announced the addition of a new sales representative, Innovative Tool Sales of Anaheim, California. Innovative Tool Sales will be covering the markets of Nevada, Southern California, Arizona and Nebraska, as well as Baja California and Baja California Sur of Mexico.

Jeremy Michael, Regional Sales Manager at Buck Chuck Company, is looking forward to working with Innovative Tool Sales for the promotion of its products.

“With a staff of 14 consisting of both inside and outside sales people, as well as an onsite applications engineer, Innovative Tool Sales provides tremendous support in the field with the technical experience required to sell our workholding products,” says Michael. “ITS’ tremendous sales network, coupled with its two showrooms and demo room, will provide top-of-the-line sales support for our West Coast customers.”

Hans Anter, Product Manager of Workholding at Innovative Tool Sales, will be the direct contact for all Buck Chuck Company products. Anter has over 40 years of experience in mechanical engineering, machine shop management, tool and die design, workholding, manufacturing engineering and quality management.

For more information about Innovative Tool Sales or Buck Chuck Company workholding products, contact Hans Anter at 714-478-0848 or email at hans.anter@innovativetoolsales.com.

 

 

 

 

August 25, 2011

 

BUCK CHUCK ANNOUNCES ADDITION OF TORK-LOK PRODUCT LINE

Traverse City, Michigan – The Buck Chuck Company of Traverse City, Michigan, has recently added the Tork-Lok product line to their collection of workholding products. The Tork-Lok line at Buck Chuck includes both arbors and collets designed for versatility, improved long-term accuracy and torque transmission, interchangeability and several combination possibilities.

Michele Marotz, Inside Sales Manager at Buck Chuck Company, believes the Tork-Lok line makes for a great addition to their existing workholding products.

”Tork-Lok is a great addition to the Buck Chuck line. It falls in line with the quality that you would expect from Buck Chuck. Although the Tork-Lok line is a specialized design, it is useful for many standard applications. Our variety of clamping options and versatility in mounting and usage allows the user to purchase a tool that will serve multiple applications.

Both long and short series drawbar types of arbors are available in the Tork-Lok line, along with long and short series collets, replacement parts and fixtures for milling and drilling. For more information about Buck Chuck Company’s Tork-Lok products, contact them at 1-800-228-2825.

 

 

 

August 1, 2011

 

SELECTING THE RIGHT CHUCK FOR A MANUAL LATHE

by Michele Marotz, Inside Sales Manager

 

When selecting a chuck for your machine, there are many factors to consider. By thoroughly assessing the needs of current and future projects you can save your company time and money over the long run.

 

The first question is what type of chuck is needed. In the manual chuck arena there are two main types: scroll chucks and independent chucks.

 

• A scroll chuck is self-centering, which means that all of the jaws move in together at the same time when the pinion is wound with a chuck key. Scroll chucks can come with 3, 4 or 6 jaws.
  • A 3 jaw chuck is the most common type of chuck sold and is used for most conventional machining.
  • A 4 jaw scroll chuck is used for square or offset work.
  • A 6 jaw chuck is used for 2nd operation or thin walled parts because it offers more surface gripping than a three jaw chuck which reduces the amount of egging on the part.

 

• An independent chuck has 4 jaws and each jaw is moved independently of the others by turning a screw that lies under the jaw. This chuck would be used for offset parts.

 

• When considering what type of chuck is needed, it is also important to determine whether a more robust, accurate chuck is needed or if the application is mostly of a tool room type where there are many different jobs that are low quantity.
  • If the application is production, needs high accuracy or the part is heavy, a forged steel body chuck should be selected.
  • If the application is a tool room setting or a job shop where accuracy may not be as important, a cast iron body chuck may be acceptable.

The next question is what size chuck is needed. To determine this, you will need to answer the following questions.

 

• What is the maximum size part the machine can hold?
  • This can usually be found on a tag on the machine or in the manufacturer’s manual and is called the max swing.
  • It is important to note that you need to determine more than the diameter of the chuck when considering max swing. You must also take into consideration how far the jaws will extend from the chuck to make sure they will not run into the sides of the machine.

 

• What is the maximum and minimum part size that will be gripped in this chuck?
  • Once you have this information, you will need to check the maximum and minimum gripping diameters in the chuck specifications.

You will also need to know whether you are gripping on the inside or outside of a part as this will make a difference in the gripping diameter.

 

Another question to consider is what type of jaws is needed.

 

• The most common type is called top reversible or two-piece. These jaws can be used for both I.D. and O.D. work. Because the top jaws can be removed by simply releasing two bolts, they allow for faster changeovers. They also allow the chuck to be adapted for other applications through the use of soft jaws or special top tooling.

 

• The other type of jaw, which has been around the longest is solid-jaw, sometimes called one-piece. These are typically used for tool room applications. These jaws can usually grip smaller than a two-piece jaw but changeover times are increased because to switch from I.D. to O.D. gripping the operator must fully remove one set of jaws and insert another. These jaws also do not allow for adaptability.

The last question is what mounting type is needed. This is determined by the spindle type on the lathe, which can be found on a tag located on the machine or in the manufacturer’s manual. If neither of these is available there are many great spindle identifiers available on the internet.

Knowing this information before calling a distributor for a quote will save time and money!

 

 

 

June 15, 2011

 

BUCK CHUCK ANNOUNCES NEW SALES REPRESENTATIVE

Traverse City, Michigan – The Buck Chuck Company of Traverse City, Michigan, has recently announced the addition of a new sales representative, Samuel Duran of Riten Industries, Inc. Duran will be working with Buck Chuck to expand their sales market into Mexico.

Jeremy Michael, Regional Sales Manager for Buck Chuck, is looking forward to building a relationship with Duran and Riten Industries.

“I am very excited about the addition of Samuel Duran to Buck Chuck’s sales team,” says Michael. “Samuel’s technical expertise coupled with his two decades serving the Mexican market will enable us to grow our business at both the distributor and end-user levels.”

For more information about Riten Industries, Inc., or Buck Chuck Company products, contact Samuel Duran by email at s.duran@riten.com or visit their website at http://riten.thomaswebs.net/

 

 

 

 

May 31, 2011

 

We are happy to announce that Bob Holtz has rejoined the Forkardt and Buck Chuck team as Northeast Regional Manager. Bob came to ITW Workholding in 2001 and, after leaving in 2008, is excited to get back to his roots in the Northeast. He has held various engineering and sales positions over the past 25 years, and will play a key role as Forkardt and Buck Chuck continue to expand sales networks throughout the Northeast.

 

 

 

May 25, 2011

BUCK CHUCK ANNOUNCES NEW SALES REPRESENTATIVE

 

Traverse City, Michigan – The Buck Chuck Company of Traverse City, Michigan, has recently announced the addition of a new sales representative, Access Sales Associates, Inc., in Mission, Kansas. Access Sales will be covering the two state market area of Kansas and Missouri.

Access Sales has over 50 years of experience representing manufacturers providing equipment in the chuck and tool industry.

Jeremy Michael, Regional Sales Manager for Buck Chuck, is excited to build a relationship with Access Sales.

“In a region that is home to manufacturers specializing in areas such as aerospace, defense, automotive and power generation, we felt it was important to partner with an organization who’s knowledge of workholding products is as diverse as the region they cover,” says Michael. “We feel our broad range of products coupled with the experience of Access Sales will foster a successful relationship for years to come.”

For more information about Access Sales Associates, Inc., or Buck Chuck Company products, contact them at 913-432-8266 or email at info@asareps.com.

 

 

 

May 23, 2011

 

Buck Chuck has recently returned from the East Tech Show, hosted by the East Tech Company, Design and Manufacturing. We would like to thank everyone who had a chance to stop by and speak with us. It was a great show and we look forward to the next one.

 

 

 

 

December 6, 2010

BUCK CHUCK ANNOUNCES REINTRODUCTION OF INDEPENDENT CHUCK LINE

Traverse City, Michigan – Buck Chuck Company of Traverse City, Michigan, has recently announced the reintroduction of 4-Jaw Independent Chucks to the Buck Chuck line of quality Workholding. These chucks are available from 4” to 80” in diameter and are also available in oil-country versions.

Michele Marotz, Buck Chuck’s Inside Sales Manager, is excited for the re-release of the 4-Jaw Independents.

“We are excited to be reintroducing the 4 Jaw Independents back into our lineup. Our goal is to be the one-stop source for all of our customer’s Workholding needs," says Marotz. "Our ability to engineer and produce special adapters and provide special chucks adds to this commitment. Buck Chuck Company has been the name in chucks for over 60 years and we plan to continue that tradition.”

Buck Chuck Company is one of the leading companies in the Workholding industry and has engineered and built some of the finest Workholding products in the world, from the invention of the Ajust-Tru feature that revolutionized the use of scroll chucks, to the Superlife, which was the first power chuck to utilize the Ajust-Tru feature. The 4-Jaw Independent Chucks are believed to be a much-needed addition to Buck Chuck’s lineup of chucks.

For more information about the new line of independent chucks at Buck Chuck Company, please visit their website at www.buckchuckusa.com or contact them by phone at (800) 228-BUCK.