My collet rack, sensible arrangement for fast finding of collets

laminar-flow · Jul 11, 2021

About 30 years ago I made a collet rack for my 5C collets. I wanted a sensible arrangement that would allow me to find the right collet really fast. This is what I came up with. The bottom row is 1/16, 1/8, 3/16, etc. The next row up is 32nds, and the next row is 64ths. The very top row is for square and hex and misc. So as you go right, the always increase in size but on different rows, except the square and hex. Thought I would share this since recently a few people have thought it really neat.

jermfab · Jul 11, 2021

It would be really awesome if you had a picture. Someone will probably post even better than mine… but mine wins because the PM users can SEE it!

This was one of the COVID projects that let me away from the worst of the spiraling. It’s a lazy Susan, because it wasn’t extra enough with only four or five erroneous indexing head processes…

I think the lathe tool-holder??! holder??? Is a better blend of form AND function:

My “Super-Duper-Why-is-it-so-fancy??!!??” chuck-key definitely falls under the more form than function category.

Do a search for how to post pictures and show me up.

Be safe

Jeremy

laminar-flow · Jul 11, 2021

So sorry, hit post and had to do something else and forgot to check the image.

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