While I have some loose change in my pocket right now and some free time I am thinking about buying a larger, direct thread (1 1/4 by 8) chuck.  The Nova and the Oneway seem close in ability and price.  Neither comes new with the jaws I probably want on it.  I am using a Nova G2 on my Nova lathe now so the Titan seems the logical choice.  Since Have the G2 already the fact that I can use the G2 jaws on the Titan does not seem like a big deal.

So my question is:  Is there a reason to prefer the Oneway Stronghold over the Nova Titan?

I have mostly been a face plate with glued on tenon turner.  But..find I am using and liking a chuck more and more.

The usual two questions about a bigger chuck:  If, and if so, which one.

I have a SN2 and Stronghold chucks. I turn mostly larger items 13"-18" and both are nice chucks. I prefer the Stronghold on 15-18" and don't remember it ever letting me down. Given that info I still reach for my SN2 with tower jaws more often...of course I don't turn those big bowls every day.

Got the new Super Nova chuck body today from Acme tool.  Thanks, Ed, for the recommendation.  What a nice chuck.  I had never seen one in person and sorta skipped over that chuck in the adds because Nova refers to it as a Lite chuck and I was looking for a strong one.  Heck, there is nothing Lite about it.  And..the machining and the operation are worlds better than on the G2 I already have.  And it works smooth, unlike the mechanism on the G2.  Yes, this chuck is as big and heavy as I want.

Chucks are like clamps, you can't have to many