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collet

  1. 21William

    This is a good one

    Note the use of an ER32 collet Chuck and Pin Chucks. :thumbs:
  2. Brian Rutter

    Collet or Not ?

    I am a little confused, it's easily done and I am a complete beginner please forgive me. I am looking to get some basic tools and equipment ready for the big day. Looking at a mandrel, there are many adverts selling mandrells with a variety of collets , MT1 MT2 and "straight" for people like...
  3. D

    A day at the lathe... pen vice made!

    Didn’t have the greatest success with the pin vice so decided I’d knock up an inverted collet chuck while I wait for the wood to arrive. Works an absolute treat!
  4. alpha1

    Pen No 5 the learning curve continues.

    I spent the day turning pen No 5. A Sciroco I used a hardwood blank. I will try and post a pic later. I am using a metal lathe for my pen turning because I already had the lathe before I discovered pen kits. I am building up a system for turning pens on my lathe. First thing I do when obtaining...
  5. G

    Collets

    Do any of you use Collet in pen turning if so when would you use it. Glen
  6. B

    Record Power pen mandrel collet

    Yesterday I treated myself to a MT2 Record pen Mandrel and noticed that it tightens the mandrel bar by means of a collet does this mean I can use other collets for holding small bits of work and if so what size of collet set do I need?
  7. stiofanpadraigcrafts

    Any and all advice welcome

    Hi guys i need a bit of help here. im in the process in buying a new lathe ( currently use a proxxon db250 ) so i can make better pens and move onto kitless pens. My current lathe doesnt allow me to use many of the accessories needed so i decided to upgrade. lathe aside ive been looking at...
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