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What collet is this?

YYCHM said:
Best it goes to @6.5 Fan as it's more suited to tool holding in a mill than stock holding in a lathe. Thanks for the offer though!
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I don't think I agree with that but I doubt 6.5 would complain. Yes, they are meant for tool holding. However I LOVE my collets for work holding on my lathe. They are totally awesome! Like I said earlier, I'd give up long stock if it couldn't do that in a heart beat just for the joy of using a collet. Basicly, I would take any collet system over a 3 or 4 jaw chuck all day every day. For small work - which is the vast bulk of what I do, you can't beat a collet. I even made an assortment of sleeves and collars to accommodate odd sizes.

But it's your call.
 
YYCHM said:
What kind of spindle is on your lathe? Does your collet setup provide access to the spindle bore?
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3mt. I use the collet holder with a draw bar and so no I can't pass material through either. I'd love a 5c collet system but I got this cuz that's what I could afford and it works. It is oddball however.
 
David_R8 said:
Thanks [mention]Brent H [/mention] I have a pretty decent MT3 ER32 collet chuck setup.
Are these OZ collets?
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@David-R8, I would love to have an MT3 - ER32 collet chuck set up for my mill/drill, only problem is I've not found one for a drawbar threaded to 3/8" - 16 and MT3 shank. If I could find one then I would use my ER32 collet set with my mill/drill, makes perfect sense to me.

On the flip side perhaps one could use a heli-coil that would fit an MT3 shank with 1/2" - 13 drawbar thread which would then drop it down to 3/8" - 16. Sort of a long shot me thinks. White matter working overtime. LOL
 
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Dusty said:
@David-R8, I would love to have an MT3 - ER32 collet chuck set up for my mill/drill, only problem is I've not found one for a drawbar threaded to 3/8" - 13 and MT3 shank. If I could find one then I would use my ER32 collet set with my mill/drill,Makes
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I bought mine from Little Machine Shop specifically because it had an SAE drawbar thread.
 
YYCHM said:
@Dusty What did you end up getting as a collet chuck for your lathe?
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Hey Craig, I bought an ER32 collet chuck and ER32 set from Accusize item numbers ER32-0100 on page 32, and ER32 set item number 0223-0880 page 31. Haven't machined the face plate stock as yet but that will come after I heal a lot more, spring sounds about right don't you think. LOL

check them out here: https://accusizetools.com/
 
Dusty said:
I would think the thread is 1/2" - 13 fairly standard drawbar thread for an MT3 shank.
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Yup. It's a standard draw bar. Same as all my other stuff.

But right off hand, I don't think it's 1/2. I think is prolly 7/16 or 3/8. Not sure. I'll look when I get home.
 
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Thanks YYCHM for letting it go my way. Susquatch i will send you a pm. Got busy today down in the loading room so never checked in till now.
 
Correction

I just got home and checked my Drawbar. I was wrong. The MT3 Collet Holder is 3/8-16. And it is different from my Bridgeport which is 7/16-20. No 1/2" anything in my shop.
 
Hey Susquatch, from your photo in post 17 it sure looked like 1/2" to me. That proves a photo isn't what it appears to be, or a photo is worth a 1,000 words. LOL
 
Dusty said:
Hey Susquatch, from your photo in post 17 it sure looked like 1/2" to me. That proves a photo isn't what it appears to be, or a photo is worth a 1,000 words. LOL
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I love sayings. I have one I love that applies in this case.

"Nothin beats layin an eyeball on it."

What kills me in this case is that I actually believed it was the same as my Bridgeport. But clearly, I was dead wrong. They don't fit anything in my shop. If I had ever tried to use them, I would have known better and either made a special drawbar for them or sold them long ago. Amazing.

I sure hope nobody here tells my bride about this........
 
Susquatch said:
I love sayings. I have one I love that applies in this case.

"Nothin beats layin an eyeball on it."

What kills me in this case is that I actually believed it was the same as my Bridgeport. But clearly, I was dead wrong. They don't fit anything in my shop. If I had ever tried to use them, I would have known better and either made a special drawbar for them or sold them long ago. Amazing.

I sure hope nobody here tells my bride about this........
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I won't tell yours, if you neglect to mention the wire feeder out in the seacan to mine.....
 
Just me and the dog here now and as long as i keep him supplied with treats he's pretty quiet. No SWMBO to say "you can't do that". Post master and i have a running gag about all the golf clubs i get in the mail, never played a round of golf in my life.
 
6.5 Fan said:
Just me and the dog here now and as long as i keep him supplied with treats he's pretty quiet. No SWMBO to say "you can't do that". Post master and i have a running gag about all the golf clubs i get in the mail, never played a round of golf in my life.
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And here I thought you would enjoy golfing amongst the cow patties. Devil made me say that. LOL
 
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