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Collets

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Several applications. 1.With my mandrel which came complete/ with collet to the headstock. 2. On each lathe part of a set for close holding cartridges etc. 3. On several routers. 4. On my milldrill. 5. On my three metal lathes.

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On my recent Cigar Pen I used a collet (20mm) to accurately drill the blanks. I turned the blank between centres first then popped it into the collet for drilling. It worked out really well.
 
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The best type of collet chuck to get is one that screws directly onto the lathe spindle like this one as it allows work to pass right through the chuck:

SCT Wood Lathe Collet System

Sadly the only size I’ve seen recently is the 3/4 x 16 version. I’m sure other sizes used to be available?
 
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21William said:
The best type of collet chuck to get is one that screws directly onto the lathe spindle like this one as it allows work to pass right through the chuck:

SCT Wood Lathe Collet System

Sadly the only size I’ve seen recently is the 3/4 x 16 version. I’m sure other sizes used to be available?
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Is this a lathe with a no1 morse taper inside the spindle, if so it chokes down the biggest collets?

Peter.
 
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21William said:
The best type of collet chuck to get is one that screws directly onto the lathe spindle like this one as it allows work to pass right through the chuck:

SCT Wood Lathe Collet System

Sadly the only size I’ve seen recently is the 3/4 x 16 version. I’m sure other sizes used to be available?
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i have the beall one. Same principle but is available 1 x 8. It is a really nice bit of kit, but is more expensive. I bought a full set of collets from ebay which was good value and very useful.
 
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Penpal said:
Is this a lathe with a no1 morse taper inside the spindle, if so it chokes down the biggest collets?

Peter.
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I guess so. Number 1 morse is pretty small isn’t it.

My metalwork lathe is MT3 and the through bore is a useful 20mm which really suits the ER32 chuck I have for it.

Collet chucks are very useful, I have several ER32 types for both of my Lathes and Milling machine.
 
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