I am kicking aroud the idea of adding a collet chuck to the arsenal of toys for my 9A. I'm not real crazy about the idea of a 5C, mostly because of the limiting factor for over/under size work. I understand that the ER collets have a wider range of travel for gripping in each size.
Getting to the proposal...I was thinking of an MT#3 to ER32 collet chuck, and fashioning a drawbar to hold it in the spindle. I know that I would lose the ability to pass long stock through the headstock, but I don't do production work. I don't see that as being a problem for me. Any comments, ideas, or suggestions are welcome.
Getting to the proposal...I was thinking of an MT#3 to ER32 collet chuck, and fashioning a drawbar to hold it in the spindle. I know that I would lose the ability to pass long stock through the headstock, but I don't do production work. I don't see that as being a problem for me. Any comments, ideas, or suggestions are welcome.