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royal quick-grip or hardinge flex c style collet chuck for manual lathe (D1-6)

bryan_machine

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Anybody know of quick-grip or flex c (or various others) style collet chuck that is practical to fit to a manual lathe?
(This seems like a great collet system, but of course my 14x40 manual doesn't have a hydraulic drawbar....)

(I notice that both royal and hardinge now have manual style collet blocks, but at least the Royal one is for mills only.)
 
Anybody know of quick-grip or flex c (or various others) style collet chuck that is practical to fit to a manual lathe?
(This seems like a great collet system, but of course my 14x40 manual doesn't have a hydraulic drawbar....)

(I notice that both royal and hardinge now have manual style collet blocks, but at least the Royal one is for mills only.)

Nice collet systems! See also Ortlieb "Quadra" ($$$ !!!)

Even if you do not need the throughput speedup, it seems prudent to bite the bullet and provide a powered drawbar.

Air actuated is probably cheaper, easier, average shop.

But now you've got ME plotting and scheming a new role for the orphaned tank & pump that HAD run a long-gone hydraulic tracer on one of mine
 








 
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