U-swivels?

[rctrue]

Does anyone have any of these?

[The Fake Aerialist]

Those are the pairs i get from damien.  the screw at the top has to be changed from hex to round.  two washers have to be put on either side of the screw, and the final touch would be a remount to round handles

[Notherchucker]

I still haven't come across mine ,Rich, I'll keep looking

[rents]

I've never seen chucks with U-swivels. I've heard that they're a lot more durable than ball-bearings?
It's a mystery to me that these are rare..

[the4thdimensionalrabbit]

I have 2 made of metal. I bought them here↓

http://www.yamatokikaku.co.jp/item/shousai.asp?ItemCd=191

[element4280]

I really wish I could Read/Speak Japanese 

[Orre64]

I really wish I could Read/Speak Japanese 

http://209.85.135.104/translate_c?hl=en&langpair=ja%7Cen&u=http://www.yamatokikaku.co.jp/item/shousai.asp%3FItemCd%3D191

I'm actually thinking about ordering those. the4thdimensionalrabbit: How long did you wait for them to get delivered?

[Numbnuts]

I bought a pair very similar to those from an American distributor (you can prolly find European distributor too).
I must admit they are great show pieces but way too heavy and dangerous for freestyle. Think chipping, snapping, and smashing of bones. They could kill with one blow.

[The Fake Aerialist]

have them remounted to a lighter wood and have them rounded off instead of hex then they will be just like speed swivels

[Numbnuts]

Oops...I was talking about the metal u-swivels in Orre64's post.

[Orre64]

I bought a pair very similar to those from an American distributor (you can prolly find European distributor too).
I must admit they are great show pieces but way too heavy and dangerous for freestyle. Think chipping, snapping, and smashing of bones. They could kill with one blow.

Suddenly I'm not so excited about them any more.

[Yetibutt]

I must admit they are great show pieces but way too heavy and dangerous for freestyle. Think chipping, snapping, and smashing of bones. They could kill with one blow.

Do you know the specific weight on them? 

[Numbnuts]

Specific... no, atomic mass... yes.   j/k

Using my "very reliable and highly accurate" bathroom scale, they weighed in at 1 pound, but I estimate a little more.

Those puppies want to fly out of your hands on every move, and if that happened they would surely destroy anything in their path... even Matt-Chez.

[Orre64]

Do you know the specific weight on them? 

The japanese page says about 450g.

Edit: ...which happens to be 1 pound.

[GhoulieGun]

Those!


And some of the others I have!