Re: [Emc-users] collets for this motor?

2016-01-31 Thread Peter Blodow
I can very well understand Gene's feelings :-) This method of fastening chucks was used before self-centering chucks were introduced, chucks weren't supposed to be changed a lot at all. It has been used on dividing heads longer than on lathes and has long been replaced by the camlock system. Pe

Re: [Emc-users] collets for this motor?

2016-01-31 Thread Andy Pugh
> On 29 Jan 2016, at 22:49, Gene Heskett wrote: > > fits the rim of the flange, and are tapped for 3 > 6mm studs that come thru 3 holes in the flange. There is a variant on that that is a DIN standard, with the important difference that the holes in the flange are keyhole shaped. (And back c

Re: [Emc-users] collets for this motor?

2016-01-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 29 January 2016 14:19:19 Andy Pugh wrote: > > On 29 Jan 2016, at 17:12, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > As for ER's on > > my lathe, it would be difficult as I would have to start from a > > spindle face designed to interface with the machined pocket in the > > rear of a bolt mounted chuck.

Re: [Emc-users] collets for this motor?

2016-01-29 Thread Andy Pugh
> On 29 Jan 2016, at 17:12, Gene Heskett wrote: > > As for ER's on > my lathe, it would be difficult as I would have to start from a spindle > face designed to interface with the machined pocket in the rear of a > bolt mounted chuck. Is it a screw on chuck? There might be an off-the-shelf t

Re: [Emc-users] collets for this motor?

2016-01-29 Thread Bruce Layne
On 01/29/2016 02:03 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > All of the stuff I might use to make a pcb can be obtained with stop > collars so the stickout is within a thou of 1.000". If all you're using is 1/8" shank carbide PCB drills, I'd get a good high precision 1/8" collet. It can be higher precision b

Re: [Emc-users] collets for this motor?

2016-01-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 29 January 2016 08:10:09 John Alexander Stewart wrote: > Gene; > > I have quite a few sets of ER collets. My original ER25 ones are from > Regio Fix, and were expensive when I bought them. (Marcus is right...) > > They are by far the best collets. > > I have some ER-40s from Maritool in

Re: [Emc-users] collets for this motor?

2016-01-29 Thread John Alexander Stewart
Gene; I have quite a few sets of ER collets. My original ER25 ones are from Regio Fix, and were expensive when I bought them. (Marcus is right...) They are by far the best collets. I have some ER-40s from Maritool in the USA. They seem fine, too. I have some precision ones from CTC Tools, that

Re: [Emc-users] collets for this motor?

2016-01-29 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 29 January 2016 04:12:24 Marcus Bowman wrote: > On 29 Jan 2016, at 06:32, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Thursday 28 January 2016 23:25:05 Ken Strauss wrote: > >> Note that metric ER collet sets can grip any size in their range. > >> However, there are gaps with most sets of Imperial sized c

Re: [Emc-users] collets for this motor?

2016-01-29 Thread Marcus Bowman
On 29 Jan 2016, at 06:32, Gene Heskett wrote: > On Thursday 28 January 2016 23:25:05 Ken Strauss wrote: > >> Note that metric ER collet sets can grip any size in their range. >> However, there are gaps with most sets of Imperial sized collets. >> > You are saying that a 3mm if comfortable with

Re: [Emc-users] collets for this motor?

2016-01-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 29 January 2016 00:29:36 Bruce Layne wrote: > There are definitely inch sizes of ER-16 collets on eBay, both in sets > (by 16ths or 32nds), or individually. > > I like to Keep It Simple, but I felt it was worthwhile to complicate > my collet strategy to hopefully make shop life easier on

Re: [Emc-users] collets for this motor?

2016-01-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Friday 29 January 2016 00:08:41 Greg Bernard wrote: > http://littlemachineshop.com/products/product_view.php?ProductID=4702&; >category=-421559299 $58 USD for a set of 6? There are things I can get from Chris Woods that I can't get anyplace else, and usually at a decent price, but thats a

Re: [Emc-users] collets for this motor?

2016-01-28 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 28 January 2016 23:25:05 Ken Strauss wrote: > Note that metric ER collet sets can grip any size in their range. > However, there are gaps with most sets of Imperial sized collets. > You are saying that a 3mm if comfortable with a 1/8" in it, and a 6mm can handle the 1/4"? TBT, I had

Re: [Emc-users] collets for this motor?

2016-01-28 Thread Bruce Layne
There are definitely inch sizes of ER-16 collets on eBay, both in sets (by 16ths or 32nds), or individually. I like to Keep It Simple, but I felt it was worthwhile to complicate my collet strategy to hopefully make shop life easier on me. In each ER series, (I have ER-11, ER-16 and ER-20), I h

Re: [Emc-users] collets for this motor?

2016-01-28 Thread Greg Bernard
economist."         -Kenneth Boulding, economist Corporations are NOT people and money is NOT speech! From: Gene Heskett To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 10:11 PM Subject: [Emc-users] collets for this motor? Greetings; It appears that the ER16 series

Re: [Emc-users] collets for this motor?

2016-01-28 Thread Ken Strauss
nced Machine Controller (EMC) > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] collets for this motor? > > Search ebay for "er16 inch collet set" and you will see many pages of imperial > sets. I normally use metric, though, because you cover the entire range with > fewer collets, and so t

Re: [Emc-users] collets for this motor?

2016-01-28 Thread Ralph Stirling
.@wdtv.com] Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 8:11 PM To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Emc-users] collets for this motor? Greetings; It appears that the ER16 series of collets is virtually all metric sized. I there another series of collets that will fit in an ER16 spindle, but are so

[Emc-users] collets for this motor?

2016-01-28 Thread Gene Heskett
Greetings; It appears that the ER16 series of collets is virtually all metric sized. I there another series of collets that will fit in an ER16 spindle, but are sold in inch sizes? Thanks. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and