Kustomizer
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I would like them permanently stamped rather than the common vanishing laser markings.
Who makes best 5c collets
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Mud
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Hardinge?
Dualkit
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Kustomizer
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Hardinge doesnt stamp them any more, they just laser them and it comes off easy
Herding Cats
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If you have a fiber laser it's pretty easy to engrave them a few tho deep. I have done chuck jaws that take way more of a beating than collets and it holds up just fine.
Kustomizer
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I recon I could engrave them, but for most of 3K one would think they would come finished rather than a project
TeachMePlease
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email orders@hardinge.com and tell them you'd like a set of 5c collets (or whatever sizes you need) but you'd like them to have the sizes engraved rather than laser marked. They'll do it. They've made me all SORTS of oddball stuff over the years, and the upcharge for "specials" on things that aren't really special is negligible. The only downside is it usually takes awhile, even if it's a simple modification, because it goes through the specials department instead of regular production.
Kustomizer
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I will try it.
Kustomizer
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Ruby Baker <ruby.baker@hardinge.com>
To:skoobyz@yahoo.com
Tue, Dec 5 at 9:54 AM
Hi Mark, we only offer the lasered on.
For swiss machines we always got collets from Southwick & Meister. Good stuff.
They show 5C on their website. No idea if engraved or etched though.
They show 5C on their website. No idea if engraved or etched though.
Kustomizer
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I called them and a nice young lady told me they engrave them with a diamond tipped tool and she will send me some pics later.
Here is a pic from ebay of another style of their collets, 5c she says are marked on the face. Good tip, thanks
Here is a pic from ebay of another style of their collets, 5c she says are marked on the face. Good tip, thanks
MwTech Inc
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laser is only done for speed on their end to make more money for them.....
no concern for customer's future use of collets
no concern for customer's future use of collets
Mud
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Here's a pretty new 3J from Hardinge. The burn is pretty significant, I can catch a fingernail on it and can feel it with a fingertip. If you click the photo you can blow it up. This is for sale BTW
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Kustomizer
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Here is one I bought a few months ago and one I bought 35 years ago, can you spot the new one, it made about 500 4140 screws in a barfeed job during which there was a birdnest on the first part as my feed was slow and all the writing left. The old one has thousands of hours doing the same type of work. I find that I am a bit miffed at Hardinge just now.
No blizzard outside, just one between the ears but here are 200 elk trying to hop the fence and cross the highway in North Fork. oops
No blizzard outside, just one between the ears but here are 200 elk trying to hop the fence and cross the highway in North Fork. oops
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alphonso
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Must be a blizzard goin' on in North Fork, can't see the pictures.
Mud
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Yeah that sucks.
Dualkit
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Last I checked S&M was making the Swiss collets I use to order and quoted 5-6 week lead time, so I started getting them from Hardinge.
Kustomizer
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I am not in a big rush, I would just like a nice set in good shape, easy to grab, I have a bunch that almost make 2 sets but many are banged up from 35 years, 12 people and quite a few jobs that they weren't always the right thing but rather the thing we had. I have at least 10 places I use them