Freedommachine
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A thread for sharing and learning about all things related to collet work holding solutions.
Have you used a collet chuck in an unconventional set up that worked well?
Has anyone made their own collet chuck, fixtures or adapters? Would you mind sharing pics of the set up and describing how you built it and how it works?
Is there any particular brand of collet work holding tooling you prefer?
Do air actuated fixtures save a substantial amount of time over cam-lock or scroll type collet closing methods?
I had mentioned in another thread that the majority of affordable collet type work holding is only available for 5C collets.
It would be nice to have affordable commercial options like cam-lock, scroll lock or air actuated collet fixtures; indexers, or even just simple collet blocks for larger sizes such as 3J, 16C or 22C collets.
There are options available from companies such as Yuasa, Hardinge, Royal and a few other top of the line brands. However, they are all $1200 + for a simple, single station, manually operated collet fixture.
There was a company making basic square and hex 3J collet blocks but it looks like they are no longer in business.
Have you used a collet chuck in an unconventional set up that worked well?
Has anyone made their own collet chuck, fixtures or adapters? Would you mind sharing pics of the set up and describing how you built it and how it works?
Is there any particular brand of collet work holding tooling you prefer?
Do air actuated fixtures save a substantial amount of time over cam-lock or scroll type collet closing methods?
I had mentioned in another thread that the majority of affordable collet type work holding is only available for 5C collets.
It would be nice to have affordable commercial options like cam-lock, scroll lock or air actuated collet fixtures; indexers, or even just simple collet blocks for larger sizes such as 3J, 16C or 22C collets.
There are options available from companies such as Yuasa, Hardinge, Royal and a few other top of the line brands. However, they are all $1200 + for a simple, single station, manually operated collet fixture.
There was a company making basic square and hex 3J collet blocks but it looks like they are no longer in business.
