I have bought two Pac-Bay chuck stands and two chucks. Both wobble very bad. No more Pac-Bay for me!

Steve,

That is unfortunate. I assume you have contacted Pac Bay and given them the opportunity to correct the situation.

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I'm not going to bother with it. I bought the stand & chuck to make my own wrapper so that would be their defense. Since I did make my own wrapper I thought it was my fault but after I got a new stand & chuck, I bolted the stand down, put the chuck on, put the belt on and press the pedal, I got wobble under no load at all. If I'd bought a Pac-Bay wrapper, then yes, they would be hearing from me. So, I will just use my hand wrapper and turn all of my cork grips on a lathe. BTW, the Delta Midi Lathe is a dream! This is a great little lathe.

Steve

I have a Pac-Bay power wrapping unit and have been fairly happy with it. it is not the same as the Renzetti or Clemens, but it is not bad. The only thing I would like to see changes is the thread carrage. I have had problems with the discs that the thread goes though. I am going to modify the thread carrage base and order the classic thread wrapper from Golden Witch. Winter project!
I did break a few large O rings in the beginning and Pac Bay was very responsive to my problem and sent a few.

Id give them a shout and see what they say. I am sure they will try to make you happy.

Bill

Steve,

I would think before you make the statements that you have about quality that you first give the company a chance to right the wrong. There are always problems with retail products, 99% of the reputable companies will go far out of their way to correct these problems.
I would suggest that you give these guys at Pac Bay a call, I seriously doubt from my own relationship with them that they will not be satisfied until you are.

Todd

Bill, if Pac-Bay really wants to make me happy they can send me a free wrapper or at least extremely cheap.......LOL

Steve

I have a stand and chuck from Pac Bay and while I no longer use them they always worked fine for me. No complaints here.

I purchased a wrapper from PacBay recently and had a wobble problem with the chuck. I phoned the service department and they sent me a new one; no charge, no questions asked. I received very friendly service. I agree with the comments Todd made- first give the manufacturer/ dealer a chance to make things right and if they don't then by all means let the rest of us know about a shoddy product or service.

Andy

I have built many rods on my pac-bay chuck built into my own wrapper.
the chuck works great! its my rollers that give me problems, but that is definitely my fault

i have used a PCBAY for a long time the only problem i ever had was when i turned handles at high speed the top roller would jump PCBAY sent me some heavier springs problem solved. oh i did have a thing withe the thread carriage i would get thread twist but that is the nature of the typ tension devise they use.so i built a devise that puts the tension on the spool and it bolts right to the PCBAY thread carriage holds 2 spools of eather 100 yards or 1 oz spools works great. regards John Bratton

I have a pac bay wrapper and for the price(cant afford the Renzetti)
cant beat it. Have wrapped forty or fifty rods over five years. love it

By the way,
I recieved my 2002 Pac Bay catalog in the mail on Tuesday. I had an email that the catalog request was recieved and I will have the catalog in the mail in a week. That was only three days ago!

Just wanted to know if anyone has had trouble with Pac Bay reel seats or guides I've been using them lately but not that long and havent had a failure . Havent seen a big differance in quality from fuji to pac bay and only pennies differance in price. Also just recieved 01 -02 blank catalog looks like there putting together a good blank program.Would just like to hear what some rodbuilders think about there products? Thanks in advance

Pacific Bay will be joining in as a sponsor of this site within a very short time and we look forward to having their direct participation on this board.

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