Hi Mike,
Same problem here with mine. I soved the problem with rubber bands.
A wide one goes around the adjustment area and covers both parts
and a thinner one goed around the jaws. The one around the jaws stays
there always and the one around the adjustment rotator is slid off towards
the pully side when I want to turn it. Even with the large rubber bands I still
have the loosening problem at higher speed when shaping cork or eva but
no problems when wrapping or drying.

I agree with Bill S. as well. I found if I put a rubber band or two around my
rod blank butt the jaws grab better.

Raymond Adams
Eventually, all things merge, and a river runs through it..

Mike,

Been around and around on this one myself not only on my own wrapper/chuck, but with several customers as well. Rotation direction seems to be the key on keeping things in place while on the dryer motor. Make sure it's spinning counter-clockwise (looking at the chuck face) and the chuck won't "try" to open up while drying.

A real key to keeping it tight while wrapping is having the roller supports set right. If it's not level, it tends to come lose. I do a lot of heavy, fast taper blanks (large butt, small tip) and have found the easiest way to set the blank up "level" is moving the last support out to the tip, then removing the blank and placing a laser pointer in the chuck. I'll then align the rollers on the tip support to the laser dot. I then put the blank back in the chuck and adjust the two mid-supports to the blank. That helps a ton.

I spoke to Justin from Pac Bay about this issue at the ICAST show and it was news to him. I'll forward this thread to Charlie & Bob so they can see this isn't an isolated issue. IMO, the faces on the chuck plates need to be scored or knurled to give it more resistance against slipping.

Rich,

To answer your question, this ISN'T the same chuck as the stand alone dryer. That has a "jamb nut" behind the chuck to lock it down.

Mark Griffin
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C&M Custom Tackle
San Dimas, California

Thanks for the clarification Mark!

Mark: Counter sunk small heavy springs that would hold knurled plates together after tightening would work. Ain't got the time to build one - taping rod and keeping wheels free works fine for me but design consultation and Auto Cad drawings of modification which would work are available for exchange - six Jig Master 500s would do nicely!

Gon Fishn